Thermal structure of putative hydrocarbon lakes on Titan

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 286-294

  Tokano, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Lakes; Thermal structure; Titan

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADAR;

EXOBIOLOGY; HYDROCARBON LAKES; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TITAN;

SATELLITES;

EID: 27644583785     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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