Atmospheric dynamics and meteorology

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 323-352

  Flasar, F M ^a   Baines, K H ^b   Bird, M K ^c   Tokano, T ^d   West, R A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 77957962730     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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