VIMS spectral mapping observations of Titan during the Cassini prime mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1950-1962

  Barnes, Jason W ^a   Soderblom, Jason M ^b   Brown, Robert H ^b   Buratti, Bonnie J ^c   Sotin, Christophe ^c   Baines, Kevin H ^c   Clark, Roger N ^d   Jaumann, Ralf ^e   McCord, Thomas B ^f   Nelson, Robert ^c   Le Mouélic, Stéphane ^h   Rodriguez, Sebastien ⁱ   Griffith, Caitlin ^b   Penteado, Paulo ^b   Tosi, Federico ^j   Pitman, Karly M ^c   Soderblom, Laurence ^d   Stephan, Katrin ^e   Hayne, Paul ^g   Vixie, Graham ^a   Bibring, Jean Pierre ^k   Bellucci, Giancarlo ^j   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^j   Cerroni, Priscilla ^j   Coradini, Angioletta ^j   Cruikshank, Dale P ^l   Drossart, Pierre ^m   Formisano, Vittorio ^j   Langevin, Yves ^k   Matson, Dennis L ^c   Nicholson, Phillip D ⁿ   Sicardy, Bruno ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^l NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^m OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁿ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cassini; Titan; VIMS

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; DATA SETS; INFRARED MAPPING SPECTROMETER; ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS; SATURN'S MOONS; SPECTRAL MAPPINGS;

METADATA;

PHOTOMAPPING;

EID: 70449686374     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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