Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7150, 2007, Pages 169-171

  Tinetti, Giovanna ^a,b,c   Vidal Madjar, Alfred ^c   Liang, Mao Chang ^d,e   Beaulieu, Jean Philippe ^c   Yung, Yuk ^e   Carey, Sean ^f   Barber, Robert J ^b   Tennyson, Jonathan ^b   Ribas, Ignasi ^g   Allard, Nicole ^c   Ballester, Gilda E ^h   Sing, David K ^c,i   Selsis, Franck ^j  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ CNES   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; WATER;

ABSORPTION; CLOUD COVER; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOTHERM; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOTHERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 34447527152     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06002     Document Type: Article

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