The thermal structure of Titan's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 23-53

  McKay, Christopher P ^a   Pollack, James B ^a   Courtin, Régis ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-50; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-50; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROGEN; INFRARED RAYS; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; SATURN; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0024959005     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0019-1035(89)90160-7     Document Type: Article

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