The abundance profile of CO in Neptune's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-353

  Hesman, Brigette E ^a   Davis, Gary R ^b   Matthews, Henry E ^c   Orton, Glenn S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; atmospheres; Neptune; Radiative transfer; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846310795     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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