Analysis of Titan CH4 3.3μm upper atmospheric emission as measured by Cassini/VIMS

Icarus

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 571-583

  García Comas, Maya ^a   López Puertas, Manuel ^a   Funke, Bernd ^a   Dinelli, Bianca M ^b   Luisa Moriconi, Maria ^b   Adriani, Alberto ^c   Molina, Antonio ^a,d   Coradini, Angioletta ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INAF   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; Infrared observations; Radiative transfer; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051472858     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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