In situ measurements of the physical characteristics of Titan's environment

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7069, 2005, Pages 785-791

  Fulchignoni, M ^a,b   Ferri, F ^c   Angrilli, F ^c   Ball, A J ^d   Bar Nun, A ^e   Barucci, M A ^a   Bettanini, C ^c   Bianchini, G ^c   Borucki, W ^f   Colombatti, G ^c   Coradini, M ^g   Coustenis, A ^a   Debei, S ^c   Falkner, P ^h   Fanti, G ^c   Flamini, E ⁱ   Gaborit, V ^a   Grard, R ^h   Hamelin, M ^j,k   Harri, A M ^l   Hathi, B ^d   Jernej, I ^m   Leese, M R ^d   Lehto, A ^l   Lion Stoppato, P F ^c   Lopez Moreno J J ⁿ   Makinen T ^l   McDonnell, J A M ^d   McKay, C P ^f   Molina Cuberos, G ^o   Neubauer, F M ^p   Pirronello, V ^q   Rodrigo, R ⁿ   Saggin, B ^r   Schwingenschuh, K ^m   Seiff, A ^t   Simoes F ^j   Svedhem, H ^h   Tokano, T ^p   Towner, M C ^d   Trautner, R ^h   Withers, P ^d,s   Zarnecki, J C ^d   more..

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^j SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^k LPCE CNRS   (France)

^l FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

ⁿ INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^r POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^s BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONOSPHERE; METHANE; NITROGEN;

FLY-BY INFORMATION; HUYGENS ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE INSTRUMENT (HASI);

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

METHANE; NITROGEN;

TITAN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPECTATION; INSTRUMENT; LIGHTNING; MOON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 28644435591     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04314     Document Type: Article

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