Diagnostics of Titan's stratospheric dynamics using Cassini/CIRS data and the 2-dimensional IPSL circulation model

Icarus

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 556-571

  Crespin, A ^a   Lebonnois, S ^a   Vinatier, S ^b   Bezard B ^b   Coustenis, A ^b   Teanby, N A ^c   Achterberg, R K ^d   Rannou, P ^e   Hourdin, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; composition; dynamics; Satellites; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749114649     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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