Simulations of Titan's brightness by a two-dimensional haze model

Icarus

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-129

  Hutzell, William T ^a   Mckay, Christopher P ^c   Toon, Owen B ^c   Hourdin, Frédéric ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c NONE

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EID: 0029692611     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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