Origin of oxygen species in Titan's atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Horst S M ^a   Vuitton, Veronique ^a,b   Yelle, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETER; TITAN;

EID: 57649119816     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003135     Document Type: Article

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