Seasonal Photochemical and Meridional Transport Model for the Stratosphere of Titan

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 428-444

  Dire, James R ^a  

^a U S COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Composition; Photochemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001604425     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6342     Document Type: Article

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