In situ thermal conductivity measurements of Titan's lower atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 579-584

  Hathi, B ^a   Ball, A J ^a   Banaszkiewicz, M ^b   Daniell, P M ^c   Garry, J R C ^d   Hagermann, A ^a   Leese, M R ^a   Lorenz, R D ^e   Rosenberg, P D ^a   Towner, M C ^a   Zarnecki, J C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c Phyworks Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundances; Atmospheres; composition; Instrumentation; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749109999     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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