An unidentified emission in Titan's upper atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1489-1493

  Dinelli, B M ^a   Lopez Puertas M ^b   Adriani, A ^c   Moriconi, M L ^d   Funke, B ^b   Garcia Comas M ^b   D'Aversa, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

limb observations; Titan; upper atmosphere

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; EMISSION PEAKING; HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS; KEYPOINTS; LIMB OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRAL REGION; TITAN;

METHANE; SUN;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EMISSION; GAS FLOW; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHANE; TITAN; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84877934603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50332     Document Type: Article

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