Study of the vertical structure of Saturn's atmosphere using HST/WFPC2 images

Icarus

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 413-428

  Munoz O ^a   Moreno, F ^a   Molina , A ^a,b   Grodent, D ^c   Gerard J C ^c   Dols, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmospheres structure; Radiative transfer; Saturn atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942614697     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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