INMS-derived composition of Titan's upper atmosphere: Analysis methods and model comparison

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1895-1916

  Magee, Brian A ^a   Waite, J Hunter ^a   Mandt, Kathleen E ^a   Westlake, Joseph ^b   Bell, Jared ^a   Gell, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; Neutral composition; Titan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE PROFILES; ANALYSIS METHOD; CASSINI; ION AND NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETERS; LOW-ALTITUDE; MODEL COMPARISON; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERICS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 70449659164     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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