A global climate model of Titan's atmosphere and surface

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1931-1949

  Friedson, A James ^a   West, Robert A ^a   Wilson, Eric H ^a   Oyafuso, Fabiano ^a   Orton, Glenn S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cassini Huygens; General circulation model; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI MISSION; CASSINI-HUYGENS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HAMILTONS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL INTEGRATION; MOMENT OF INERTIA; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PEAK VELOCITIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RADAR IMAGE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATIONS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SPIN STATE; SUB-SURFACE OCEAN; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTION; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ZONAL WIND;

ABSORPTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; JETS; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; SIMULATORS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WIND;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70449635534     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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