The Ionosphere of Titan: Ideal Diurnal and Nocturnal Cases

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 92-105

  Galand, Marina ^a   Lilensten, Jean ^b   Toublanc, Dominique ^c   Maurice, Sylvestre ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ENSIEG   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Photochemistry; Photometry; Satellite of Saturn; Titan (atmosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002252230     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6113     Document Type: Article

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