Characterization of Titan's Ontario Lacus region from Cassini/VIMS observations

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 823-831

  Moriconi, M L ^a   Lunine, J I ^b,e   Adriani, A ^b   D'Aversa, E ^b   Negrao A ^b,c   Filacchione, G ^d   Coradini, A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INAF   (Italy)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image processing; Infrared observations; Satellites, Surfaces; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049530401     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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