Optical constants of Titan's stratospheric aerosols in the 70-1500cm -1 spectral range constrained by Cassini/CIRS observations

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Vinatier, Sandrine ^a   Rannou, Pascal ^b,c   Anderson, Carrie M ^d   Bézard, Bruno ^a   De Kok, Remco ^e   Samuelson, Robert E ^d,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, composition; Spectroscopy; Titan, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857978772     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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