Titan's stratospheric C2N2, C3H4, and C4H2 abundances from Cassini/CIRS far-infrared spectra

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 620-631

  Teanby, N A ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   de Kok, R ^a   Jolly, A ^b   Bezard B ^c   Nixon, C A ^d   Calcutt, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649921082     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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