Titan's surface: Search for spectral diversity and composition using the Cassini VIMS investigation

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 212-242

  McCord, Thomas B ^a   Hayne, Paul ^a,b   Combe, Jean Philippe ^a   Hansen, Gary B ^a,c   Barnes, Jason W ^d   Rodriguez, Sébastien ^e   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^f   Baines, E Kevin H ^g   Buratti, Bonnie J ^g   Sotin, Christophe ^f   Nicholson, Philip ^h   Jaumann, Ralf ⁱ   Nelson, Robert ^g   the Cassini VIMS Team, ^j  

^a Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e CEA SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

satellites; Satellites; Saturn; Spectroscopy; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949088627     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.039     Document Type: Article

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