Speed of sound measurements and the methane abundance in Titan's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 538-543

  Hagermann, A ^a   Rosenberg, P D ^a   Towner, M C ^a   Garry, J R C ^b   Svedhem, H ^c   Leese, M R ^a   Hathi, B ^a   Lorenz, R D ^a,d   Zarnecki, J C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Research and Scientific Support Department   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447260918     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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