Model-data comparisons for Titan's nightside ionosphere

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 174-188

  Cravens, T E ^a   Robertson, I P ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^b   Yelle, R V ^c   Vuitton, V ^c   Coates, A J ^d   Wahlund, J E ^e   Agren, K ^e   Richard, M S ^a   De La Haye, V ^b   Wellbrock, A ^d   Neubauer, F M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; chemistry; composition; Ionospheres; magnetosphere; Saturn; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349150593     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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