Latitudinal variations of HCN, HC3N, and C2 N2 in Titan's stratosphere derived from Cassini CIRS data

Icarus

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 243-255

  Teanby, N A ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   de Kok, R ^a   Nixon, C A ^b   Coustenis, A ^c   Bezard B ^c   Calcutt, S B ^a   Bowles, N E ^a   Flasar, F M ^d   Fletcher, L ^a   Howett, C ^a   Taylor, F W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, composition; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344477169     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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