Meridional variations of C2H2 and C2H6 in Jupiter's atmosphere from Cassini CIRS infrared spectra

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-71

  Nixon, C A ^a   Achterberg, R K ^a   Conrath, B J ^b   Irwin, P G J ^c   Teanby, N A ^c   Fouchet, T ^d   Parrish, P D ^e   Romani, P N ^f   Abbas, M ^g   LeClair, A ^h   Strobel, D ⁱ   Simon Miller, A A ^f   Jennings, D J ^f   Flasar, F M ^f   Kunde, V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; Atmospheres; atmospheres; composition; Infrared observations; Jupiter; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147110823     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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