Heating Titan's upper atmosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  De La Haye, V ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^a   Cravens, T E ^b   Bougher, S W ^c   Robertson, I P ^b   Bell, J M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 58749102840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013078     Document Type: Article

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