First observation of CO at 345 GHz in the atmosphere of Saturn with the JCMT: New constraints on its origin

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-540

  Cavalie T ^a   Billebaud, F ^b,c   Dobrijevic, M ^b,c   Fouchet, T ^d   Lellouch, E ^d   Encrenaz, T ^d   Brillet, J ^b,c   Moriarty Schieven, G H ^e   Wouterloot, J G A ^f   Hartogh, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Saturn; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949094946     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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