Methane and its isotopologues on Saturn from Cassini/CIRS observations

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-367

  Fletcher, L N ^a   Orton, G S ^a   Teanby, N A ^b   Irwin, P G J ^b   Bjoraker, G L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; Saturn; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649097259     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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