The vertical structure of Titan's upper atmosphere from Cassini Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer measurements

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 567-576

  Yelle, Roger V ^a   Borggren, N ^a   de la Haye, V ^b   Kasprzak, W T ^c   Niemann, H B ^c   Muller Wodarg I ^d   Waite Jr , J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646569973     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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