Epistemic bimodality and kinetic hypersensitivity in photochemical models of Titan's atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1630-1643

  Dobrijevic, M ^a,b   Carrasco, N ^b,c,d   Hebrard E ^b,d   Pernot, P ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Bistability; Photochemistry; Sensitivity analysis; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS;

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; BIMODALITY; BISTABILITY; CRITICAL EVALUATIONS; KEY REACTIONS; KINETIC; KINETIC DATUM; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITAN; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 54149095562     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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