Predictions of the electrical conductivity and charging of the aerosols in Titan's nighttime atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Whitten, R C ^a   Borucki, W J ^b   Tripathi, S ^c  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COSMIC RAY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIZATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TITAN;

EID: 34250720068     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002788     Document Type: Article

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