Clouds on Titan during the Cassini prime mission: A complete analysis of the VIMS data

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 571-580

  Brown, Michael E ^a   Roberts, Jessica E ^a   Schaller, Emily L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, dynamics; Satellites, atmospheres; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149141689     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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