The methane abundance and structure of Uranus' cloud bands inferred from spatially resolved 2006 Keck grism spectra

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 252-266

  Sromovsky, L A ^a   Fry, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749101952     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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