On the discovery of CO nighttime emissions on Titan by Cassini/VIMS: Derived stratospheric abundances and geological implications

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1552-1562

  Baines, Kevin H ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^b   Lopez Valverde, Miguel A ^c   Atreya, Sushil K ^d   Sotin, Christophe ^e   Momary, Thomas W ^a   Brown, Robert H ^f   Buratti, Bonnie J ^a   Clark, Roger N ^g   Nicholson, Philip D ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini; CO; Titan; VIMS; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MOON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PLANETS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CASSINI; SATURN; TITAN; VIBRATIONAL BANDS; VOLCANISM;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749234429     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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