Temperature lapse rate and methane in Titan's troposphere

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 498-505

  McKay, Christopher P ^a   Martin, Shuleen Chau ^a   Griffith, Caitlin A ^b   Keller, Richard M ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; SATURN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031240534     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5751     Document Type: Article

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