Photochemical Modeling of Titan's Atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 2-26

  Toublanc, D ^a,b,c,d   Parisot, J P ^a,b,c,d   Brillet, J ^a,b,c,d   Gautier, D ^a,b,c,d   Raulin, F ^a,b,c,d   McKay, C P ^a,b,c,d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; METHANE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-60; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; UNMANNED; VOYAGER PROJECT;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-60; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED; VOYAGER PROJECT;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SATURN;

EID: 0029171456     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1995.1002     Document Type: Article

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