Negative ion chemistry in Titan's upper atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1558-1572

  Vuitton, V ^a,b   Lavvas, P ^b   Yelle, R V ^b   Galand, M ^c   Wellbrock, A ^d,e   Lewis, G R ^d,e   Coates, A J ^d,e   Wahlund, J E ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Ionospheres; Organic chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERES; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CHARGED IONS; COMPOSITION; DISSOCIATIVE ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; ELECTRON SPECTROMETER; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; LOW MASS; NEGATIVE CHARGE; NEUTRAL MOLECULES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; TITAN;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMISTRY; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POSITIVE IONS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 70349435721     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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