The meridional phosphine distribution in Saturn's upper troposphere from Cassini/CIRS observations

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-88

  Fletcher, L N ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Teanby, N A ^a   Orton, G S ^b   Parrish, P D ^b   Calcutt, S B ^a   Bowles, N ^a   de Kok, R ^a   Howett, C ^a   Taylor, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147129100     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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