Spatial and temporal variations in Titans surface temperatures from Cassini CIRS observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-71

  Cottini, V ^a,b   Nixon, C A ^a,b   Jennings, D E ^b   De Kok, R ^c   Teanby, N A ^d   Irwin, P G J ^d   Flasar, F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Surface; Temperature; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; CASSINI; CASSINI COMPOSITE INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; DIURNAL CHANGES; DIURNAL VARIATION; FAR INFRARED SPECTRUM; FORWARD MODELS; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; INVERSION METHODS; MODEL PREDICTION; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OPTIMAL ESTIMATIONS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL INFRARED; TITAN;

SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84855706104     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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