Seasonal change on Saturn from Cassini/CIRS observations, 2004-2009

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 337-352

  Fletcher, Leigh N ^a,b   Achterberg, Richard K ^c   Greathouse, Thomas K ^d   Orton, Glenn S ^a   Conrath, Barney J ^e   Simon Miller, Amy A ^f   Teanby, Nicholas ^b   Guerlet, Sandrine ^g   Irwin, Patrick G J ^b   Flasar, F M ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Composition; Atmospheres, Structure; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953536665     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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