Titan's ionosphere : A review

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1149-1155

  Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Cravens, Thomas E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0000848374     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(98)00049-x     Document Type: Article

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