Characterization of zonal winds in the stratosphere of Titan with UVES: 2. Observations coordinated with the Huygens Probe entry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Luz, D ^a,b   Civeit, T ^c   Courtin, R ^b   Lebreton, J P ^c   Gautier, D ^b   Witasse, O ^c   Kaufer, A ^d   Ferri, F ^e   Lara, L ^f   Livengood, T ^g   Kostiuk, T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TITAN; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 33846559289     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002617     Document Type: Article

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