Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15° S and 80° N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-138

  Vinatier, Sandrine ^a   Bézard, Bruno ^a   Fouchet, Thierry ^a   Teanby, Nick A ^b   de Kok, Remco ^b   Irwin, Patrick G J ^b   Conrath, Barney J ^c   Nixon, Conor A ^d   Romani, Paul N ^e   Flasar, F Michael ^e   Coustenis, Athena ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; Infrared observations; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147096391     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.031     Document Type: Article

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