Vertical pressure profile of Titan-observations of the PPI/HASI instrument

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1117-1123

  Harri, Ari Matti ^a   Mäkinen, Teemu ^a   Lehto, Asko ^a   Kahanpää, Henrik ^a   Siili, Tero ^a,b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Titan atmosphere pressure profile

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRICITY; HYDROSTATIC BEARINGS; METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PRESSURE PROFILE INSTRUMENT (PPI); SURFACE PRESSURE; TITAN ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE PROFILE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33749236593     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.05.037     Document Type: Article

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