Saturn's latitudinal C2H2 and C2H6 abundance profiles from Cassini/CIRS and ground-based observations

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 249-259

  Hesman, Brigette E ^a   Jennings, Donald E ^b   Sada, Pedro V ^c   Bjoraker, Gordon L ^b   Achterberg, Richard K ^d   Simon Miller, Amy A ^b   Anderson, Carrie M ^b   Boyle, Robert J ^e   Nixon, Conor A ^d   Fletcher, Leigh N ^f   McCabe, George H ^g  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY   (Mexico)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g CMA Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; atmosphere; atmospheres; Atmospheres; dynamics; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349142940     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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