No oceans on Titan from the absence of a near-infrared specular reflection

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7051, 2005, Pages 670-672

  West, R A ^a   Brown, M E ^b   Salinas, S V ^c   Bouchez, A H ^d   Roe, H G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HYDROCARBONS; INFRARED RADIATION; NITROGEN; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; SURFACES;

FLY-BYS; GASEOUS CONSTITUENTS; PLANETARY SATELLITES; SUBSTANTIAL ATMOSPHERE;

ASTRONOMY;

ETHANE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; NITRILE; NITROGEN;

TITAN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SPACE FLIGHT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 23644449253     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03824     Document Type: Article

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