Sounding of Titan's atmosphere at submillimeter wavelengths from an orbiting spacecraft

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1724-1739

  Lellouch, E ^a   Vinatier, S ^a   Moreno, R ^a   Allen, M ^b   Gulkis, S ^b   Hartogh, P ^c   Krieg, J M ^d   Maestrini, A ^d   Mehdi, I ^b   Coustenis, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Submillimeter; Titan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE RANGE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL STATE; DOPPLER SHIFTS; ENCELADUS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; ISOTOPIC VARIANTS; LOCAL OSCILLATOR SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; PASSIVE LIMB OBSERVATIONS; POLAR ORBIT; ROTATIONAL LINES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SUBMILLIMETER; SUBMILLIMETER RADIATION; SUBMILLIMETER SPECTRA; SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS; THERMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TITAN; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CYANIDES; ISOTOPES; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77957933858     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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