The latitudinal distribution of clouds on Titan

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5758, 2006, Pages 201-205

  Rannou, P ^a   Montmessin, F ^a,b   Hourdin, F ^c   Lebonnois, S ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SATELLITES;

CLOUD COMPOSITIONS; POLAR CLOUDS; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TITAN;

CLOUDS;

ETHANE; METHANE;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE; CLOUD; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OBSERVATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SUMMER; TELESCOPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WIND;

EID: 30844437731     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1118424     Document Type: Article

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