Spatially-resolved spectroscopy at 1.6 μm of titan's atmosphere and surface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Adamkovics M ^a   de Pater, I ^a   Roe, H G ^b   Gibbard, S G ^c   Griffith, C A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric composition and structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 0317 Atmospheric composition and structure: Chemical kinetic and photochemical properties; 0320 Atmospheric composition and structure: Cloud physics and chemistry; 0343 Atmospheric composition and structure: Planetary atmospheres (5405, 5407, 5409, 5704, 5705, 5707); 5494 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; OPACITY; SPATIAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY; POLES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

SPATIALLY-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ALBEDO;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTROSCOPY; TITAN;

A-PLANE; LOW RESOLUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SPATIALLY RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ALBEDO; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 9744240172     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019929     Document Type: Article

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