An adequate kinetic model of photochemical aerosol formation in Titan's atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1103-1112

  Dimitrov, V ^a   Bar Nun, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBONS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATURN;

EID: 0031290486     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00359-1     Document Type: Article

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