Infrared observations of Saturn's rings by Cassini CIRS : Phase angle and local time dependence

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-133

  Leyrat, Cedric ^a   Spilker, Linda J ^a   Altobelli, Nicolas ^a   Pilorz, Stuart ^a   Ferrari, Cecile ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cassini CIRS; Data reduction techniques; Rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; ORBITS; PLANETS;

CASSINI COMPOSITE INFRARED SPECTROMETER (CIRS); SATURN; SATURN'S RING PARTICLES; THERMAL INFRARED SPECTRA;

SPACE OPTICS;

EID: 37349086634     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.04.020     Document Type: Article

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