Titan's 2 μm surface albedo and haze optical depth in 1996-2004

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Gibbard, S G ^a   de Pater, I ^b   Macintosh, B A ^a   Roe, H G ^c   Max, C E ^a,d   Young, E F ^e   McKay, C P ^f  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5407 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Atmospheres evolution; 5410 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Composition; 6280 Planetology: Solar system objects: Saturnian satellites

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; RADIATION; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

BROADBAND FILTERS; HAZE OPTICAL DEPTH;

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

ALBEDO; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

BROAD-BAND FILTERS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KECK OBSERVATORY; MONTE CARLO PREDICTIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 2942628799     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019803     Document Type: Article

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