On the global distribution of neutral gases in Titan's upper atmosphere and its effect on the thermal structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Muller Wodarg I C F ^a,b,d   Yelle, R V ^c   Mendillo, M J ^b   Aylward, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; Dynamics; Modeling; Temperature; Thermosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844508723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010054     Document Type: Article

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