Vertical and meridional distribution of ethane, acetylene and propane in Saturn's stratosphere from CIRS/Cassini limb observations

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 214-232

  Guerlet, Sandrine ^a   Fouchet, Thierry ^a   Bézard, Bruno ^a   Simon Miller, Amy A ^b   Michael Flasar, F ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Infrared observations; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749104305     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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