The evolution of Titan's detached haze layer near equinox in 2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  West, Robert A ^a   Balloch, Jonathan ^a   Dumont, Philip ^a   Lavvas, Panayotis ^b   Lorenz, Ralph ^c   Rannou, Pascal ^d,e   Ray, Trina ^a   Turtle, Elizabeth P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d et Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLES;

CASSINI; DETACHED LAYERS; HAZE LAYER; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; PHOTOCHEMICAL HAZE; SATURN'S MOONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; STRATOSPHERIC CIRCULATIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

HEATING;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SATURN; TITAN;

EID: 79953657448     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046843     Document Type: Article

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