High-resolution spectroscopy of Saturn at 3 microns: CH4, CH3D, C2H2, C2H6, PH3, clouds, and haze

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 476-486

  Kim, Joo Hyeon ^a   Kim, Sang J ^a   Geballe, Thomas R ^b   Kim, Sungsoo S ^a   Brown, Linda R ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Infrared observations; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751112714     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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