Compositional evidence for Titan's stratospheric tilt

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 792-800

  Teanby, N A ^a   Irwin, P G J ^a   de Kok, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Composition; Dynamics; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CASSINI; COMPOSITION DYNAMICS; INFRARED SPECTRUM; SOLID-BODY ROTATION; SYMMETRY AXIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949283098     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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