Atomic and molecular hydrogen budget in Titan's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 474-485

  Lebonnois, Sébastien ^a   Bakes, E L O ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, composition; Photochemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037296003     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00039-8     Document Type: Review

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