Evidence for condensed-phase methane enhancement over Xanadu on Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1586-1595

  Adamkovics M ^a   de Pater, I ^a   Hartung, M ^b   Barnes, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Meteorology; Spectroscopy; Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; CONDENSED PHASE; IMAGING ANALYSIS; PHASE ANGLES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY; SURFACE SCATTERING; VERY LARGE TELESCOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGY; METHANE; OPACITY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTION; SURFACE TESTING; TROPOSPHERE;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350615870     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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