Convective cloud heights as a diagnostic for methane environment on Titan

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-484

  Barth, Erika L ^a   Rafkin, Scot C R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Structure; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649237610     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.01.032     Document Type: Article

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