High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of ethane in Titan's stratosphere in the Huygens epoch

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Livengood, Timothy A ^a,b   Kostiuk, T ^b   Sonnabend, G ^b,c   Annen, J N ^b   Fast, K E ^b   Tokunaga, A ^d   Murakawa, K ^e   Hewagama, T ^f   Schmulling F ^c   Schieder, R ^c  

^a National Center for Earth and Space Science Education   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TITAN;

EID: 37349132364     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002669     Document Type: Article

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