Mapping of Titan's tropopause and surface temperatures from Voyager IRIS spectra

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-321

  Courtin, R ^a   Kim, S J ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Radiative transfer; Surface; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867922083     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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