An empirical line list for methane in the 1.26-1.71μm region for planetary investigations (T=80-300K). Application to Titan

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-128

  Campargue, Alain ^a   Wang, Le ^a   Mondelain, Didier ^a   Kassi, Samir ^a   Bézard, Bruno ^a   Lellouch, Emmanuel ^a   Coustenis, Athena ^a   Bergh, Catherine de ^a   Hirtzig, Mathieu ^a   Drossart, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Spectroscopy; Titan, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862780907     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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