Ethane in planetary and cometary atmospheres: Transmittance and fluorescence models of the v7 band at 3.3 μm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Villanueva, G L ^b   Mumma, M J ^b   Magee Sauer, K ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COMET; ETHANE; HYDROCARBON; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 80052318063     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003794     Document Type: Article

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