Ground-based measurements of the methane distribution on Titan

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 345-351

  Penteado, Paulo F ^a   Griffith, Caitlin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; Radiative transfer; Satellites; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949085508     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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