The role of submicrometer aerosols and macromolecules in H2 formation in the Titan haze

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 468-473

  Bakes, E L O ^a   Lebonnois, Sébastien ^a   Bauschlicher Jr , Charles W ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol charging; Hydrogen; Stratospheric chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037297043     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00040-4     Document Type: Review

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