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Latitudinal variation in the abundance of methane (CH4) above the clouds in Neptune's atmosphere from VLT/MUSE Narrow Field Mode Observations
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Observations of Neptune, made in 2018 using the new Narrow Field Adaptive Optics mode of the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) from 0.48 to 0.93 μm, are analysed here to determine the latitudinal and vertical distribution of cloud opacity and methane abundance in Neptune's observable troposphere (0.1–∼ 3bar). Previous observations at these wavelengths in 2003 by HST/STIS (Karkoschka and Tomasko 2011, Icarus 205, 674–694) found that the mole ...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Icarus Journal website
- Volume:
- 331
- Pages:
- 69-82
- Publication date:
- 2019-05-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-05-08
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0019-1035
- Source identifiers:
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997109
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- pubs:997109
- Deposit date:
- 2019-05-09
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- Copyright holder:
- PGJ Irwin, et al
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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- © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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