Rain and dewdrops on titan based on in situ imaging

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442-448

  Karkoschka, Erich ^a   Tomasko, Martin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Titan

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EID: 58649116697     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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