Meridional variations in stratospheric acetylene and ethane in the southern hemisphere of the saturnian atmosphere as determined from Cassini/CIRS measurements

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 556-572

  Howett, C J A ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Teanby, N A ^a   Simon Miller, A ^b   Calcutt, S B ^a   Fletcher, L N ^a   de Kok, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Infrared observations; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548649013     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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