A spherical Monte-Carlo model of aerosols: Validation and first applications to Mars and Titan

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 923-931

  Vincendon, Mathieu ^a,b   Langevin, Yves ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Surface; Radiative transfer; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952581705     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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