High-altitude charged aerosols in the atmosphere of Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 880-885

  Michael, Marykutty ^a   Tripathi, Sachchida N ^b   Arya, Pratima ^a   Coates, Andrew ^c   Wellbrock, Anne ^c   Young, David T ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Charging; Heavy ion; Ionosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL MASS; ATOMIC MASS; CASSINI; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; CHARGE BALANCE EQUATION; CHARGED AEROSOLS; HEAVY HYDROCARBONS; HIGH ALTITUDE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; TITAN;

ATMOSPHERICS; CYANIDES; HYDROCARBONS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; IONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 79958104450     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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