Latitudinal transport by barotropic waves in Titan's stratosphere. I. General properties from a horizontal shallow-water model

Icarus

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-342

  Luz, D ^a,b   Hourdin, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, composition; Atmospheres, dynamics; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346125298     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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