Kronos: Exploring the depths of Saturn with probes and remote sensing through an international mission

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 947-976

  Marty, B ^a   Guillot, T ^b   Coustenis, A ^c   Achilleos, N ^d   Alibert, Y ^e   Asmar, S ^f   Atkinson, D ^g   Atreya, S ^h   Babasides, G ⁱ   Baines, K ^f   Balint, T ^f   Banfield, D ^j   Barber, S ^k   Bezard B ^c   Bjoraker, G L ^l   Blanc, M ^m   Bolton, S ⁿ   Chanover, N ^o   Charnoz, S ^p   Chassefiere E ^q   Colwell, J E ^r   Deangelis, E ^s   Dougherty, M ^t   Drossart, P ^c   Flasar, F M ^l   Fouchet, T ^c   Frampton, R ^u   Franchi, I ^k   Gautier, D ^c   Gurvits, L ^v   Hueso, R ^w   Kazeminejad, B ^x   Krimigis, T ^y   Jambon, A ^z   Jones, G ^aa   Langevin, Y ^ab   Leese, M ^k   Lellouch, E ^c   Lunine, J ^ac   Milillo, A ^s   Mahaffy, P ^l   Mauk, B ^y   Morse, A ^k   Moreira, M ^ad   Moussas, X ⁱ   Murray, C ^ae   Mueller Wodarg, I ^t   Owen, T C ^af   Pogrebenko, S ^v   Prange R ^c   Read, P ^ag   Sanchez Lavega, A ^w   Sarda, P ^ah,ai   Stam, D ^aj   Tinetti, G ^ak   Zarka, P ^c   Zarnecki, J ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^j Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^k OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^m IRAP   (France)

ⁿ SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^q CNRS   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^s INAF   (Italy)

^t IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^u NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^v JOINT INSTITUTE FOR VLBI IN EUROPE   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^x GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^y JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^aa ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^ad INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^ae QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ah UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^ai UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^ak INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

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Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic vision; Probes; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349320607     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-008-9094-9     Document Type: Article

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