Limits to the abundance of surface CO2 ice on Titan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Hartung, M ^a   Herbst, T M ^b   Dumas, C ^a   Coustenis, A ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TITAN;

EID: 33751095363     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002642     Document Type: Article

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