Particle size and abundance of HC3N ice in Titan's lower stratosphere at high northern latitudes

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 914-922

  Anderson, C M ^a   Samuelson, R E ^b   Bjoraker, G L ^a   Achterberg, R K ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952581241     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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