A tropical haze band in Titan's stratosphere

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 485-490

  de Kok, R ^a,b   Irwin, P G J ^b   Teanby, N A ^b   Vinatier, S ^c,d   Tosi, F ^e   Negrao A ^e,f   Osprey, S ^b   Adriani, A ^e   Moriconi, M L ^g   Coradini, A ^e  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INAF   (Italy)

^f POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Infrared observations; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950055277     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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