Microwave observations of Saturn's rings: Anisotropy in directly transmitted and scattered saturnian thermal emission

Icarus

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-198

  Dunn, David E ^a,b   Molnar, Lawrence A ^c   Niehof, Jon T ^c   de Pater, Imke ^b   Lissauer, Jack J ^d  

^a Sierra College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Radio observations; Saturn, atmosphere; Saturn, atmospheres, dynamics; Saturn, planetary rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344650321     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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