The near-IR spectrum of Titan modeled with an improved methane line list

Icarus

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 218-232

  Bailey, Jeremy ^a   Ahlsved, Linda ^b   Meadows, V S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Satellites, Atmospheres; Saturn, Satellites; Spectroscopy; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955161570     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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