New insights into Titan's organic chemistry in the gas and aerosol phases

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-460

  Raulin, F ^a   Coll, P ^a   Smith, N ^a   Benilan Y ^a   Bruston, P ^a   Gazeau, M C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPACE FLIGHT;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATURN; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033286641     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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