Titan trace gaseous composition from CIRS at the end of the Cassini-Huygens prime mission

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 461-476

  Coustenis, A ^a   Jennings, D E ^b   Nixon, C A ^b,c   Achterberg, R K ^c   Lavvas, P ^d   Vinatier, S ^a,e   Teanby, N A ^f   Bjoraker, G L ^b   Carlson, R C ^g   Piani, L ^a,h   Bampasidis, G ⁱ   Flasar, F M ^b   Romani, P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h Museum d'Histoire Naturelle   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abundances, atmospheres; Atmospheres, chemistry; Atmospheres, composition; Organic chemistry; Satellites, atmospheres; Satellites, composition; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950031764     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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