Titan airglow spectra from Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS): EUV analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Ajello, Joseph M ^a   Stevens, Michael H ^b   Stewart, Ian ^c   Larsen, Kristopher ^c   Esposito, Larry ^c   Colwell, Josh ^c,d   McClintock, William ^d   Holsclaw, Greg ^c   Gustin, Jacques ^c   Pryor, Wayne ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Central Arizona College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS;

AIRGLOW; AIRGLOW SPECTRA; SPECTRAL INTENSITIES; TITAN; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

AIRGLOW; IMAGING METHOD; IONIZATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TITAN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 39549083484     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031555     Document Type: Article

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