Influence of methane concentration on the optical indices of titan's aerosols analogues

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 670-677

  Mahjoub, A ^a   Carrasco, N ^a   Dahoo, P R ^a   Gautier, T ^a   Szopa, C ^a   Cernogora, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Photometry; Radiative transfer; Titan; Titan, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866769252     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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