Coupling photochemistry with haze formation in Titan's atmosphere, Part II: Results and validation with Cassini/Huygens data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-99

  Lavvas, P P ^a,c   Coustenis, A ^b   Vardavas, I M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmosphere structure and composition; Haze; Temperature; Titan

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPOLYMERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANETS; SPACE OPTICS;

ATMOSPHERE STRUCTURE; COUPLING PHOTOCHEMISTRY; HAZE STRUCTURE; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; TITAN;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 37349070161     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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