A mechanism for the formation of aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere of Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 923-929

  Elperin, Tov ^a   Kleeorin, Nathan ^a   Podolak, Morris ^b   Rogachevskii, Igor ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0001479272     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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