GCM simulation of balloon trajectories on Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 685-694

  Tokano, Tetsuya ^a   Lorenz, Ralph D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Meteorology; Titan; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; METEOROLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); TITAN; TRAJECTORY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 33744993626     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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