A Coupled Model of Titan's Atmosphere and Ionosphere

Icarus

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 386-404

  Banaszkiewicz, M ^a   Lara, L M ^b   Rodrigo, R ^c   Lopez Moreno J J ^c   Molina Cuberos, G J ^c  

^a Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Ionosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001382104     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6448     Document Type: Article

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