Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Witasse, Olivier ^a   Lebreton, Jean Pierre ^a   Bird, Michael K ^b   Dutta Roy, Robindro ^b   Folkner, William M ^c   Preston, Robert A ^c   Asmar, Sami W ^c   Gurvits, Leonid I ^d   Pogrebenko, Sergei V ^d   Avruch, Ian M ^d   Campbell, Robert M ^d   Bignall, Hayley E ^d   Garrett, Michael A ^d   van Langevelde, Huib Jan ^d   Parsley, Stephen M ^d   Reynolds, Cormac ^d   Szomoru, Arpad ^d   Reynolds, John E ^e   Phillips, Chris J ^e   Sault, Robert J ^e   Tzioumis, Anastasios K ^e   Ghigo, Frank ^f   Langston, Glen ^f   Brisken, Walter ^g   Romney, Jonathan D ^g   Mujunen, Ari ^h   Ritakari, Jouko ^h   Tingay, Steven J ⁱ   Dodson, Richard G ^j   van't Klooster, C G M ^a   Blancquaert, Thierry ^a   Coustenis, Athena ^k   Gendron, Eric ^k   Sicardy, Bruno ^k   Hirtzig, Mathieu ^k,l   Luz, David ^k,m   Negrao, Alberto ^k,m   Kostiuk, Theodor ⁿ   Livengood, Timothy A ^n,o   Hartung, Markus ^p   de Pater, Imke ^q   Ádámkovics, Mate ^q   Lorenz, Ralph D ^r   Roe, Henry ^s   Schaller, Emily ^s   Brown, Michael ^s   Bouchez, Antonin H ^t   Trujillo, Chad A ^u   Buratti, Bonnie J ^c   Caillaut, Lise ^v   Magin, Thierry ^v   Bourdon, Anne ^v   Laux, Christophe ^v   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

ⁱ SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^j OBSERVATORIO ASTRONÓMICO NACIONAL   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

ⁿ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^o National Center for Earth and Space Science Education   (United States)

^p EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^s CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^t CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^u GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^v LABORATOIRE EM2C   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PROBE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE MISSION; TITAN; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33751086154     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002640     Document Type: Review

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