Condensation in Titan's stratosphere during polar winter

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 572-578

  de Kok, R ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   Teanby, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; Infrared observations; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749093328     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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