Gaseous abundances and methane supersaturation in Titan's troposphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 959-980

  Samuelson, Robert E ^a   Nath, Nitya R ^b   Borysow, Aleksandra ^c,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 30244547119     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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