Direct imaging of Titan's extended haze layer from HST observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Young, E F ^a   Puetter, R ^b   Yahil, A ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

6006 Planetology: Comets and small bodies: Atmospheres evolution; 6007 Planetology: Comets and small bodies: Atmospheres structure and dynamics; 6280 Planetology: Solar system objects: Saturnian satellites; 6297 Planetology: Solar system objects: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; SPACECRAFT; TELESCOPES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DETACHED HAZE LAYER; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGES; TITAN HAZE LAYER;

IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

HAZE; IMAGING METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

DECONVOLUTION SOFTWARE; DIRECT IMAGING; HAZE LAYER; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; LUCY-RICHARDSON; NORTH POLE; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; VOYAGER SPACECRAFT;

GEOCARPON MINIMUM;

EID: 9744253695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020135     Document Type: Article

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