Cloud formation along mountain ridges on Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1740-1747

  Barth, Erika L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cloud formation; Titan; Topography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CASSINI; CLOUD FORMATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; FLOW OF AIR; HUMID CONDITIONS; HUYGENS; LANDING SITE; MODEL DOMAINS; MOUNTAIN PEAKS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; RADAR DATA; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SHALLOW WAVES; SURFACE WINDS; TITAN; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; UPSLOPE FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; RADAR;

CLOUDS;

EID: 77957952203     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.07.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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