Seasonal changes in Titan's surface temperatures

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 737, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Jennings, D E ^a   Cottini, V ^a,b   Nixon, C A ^a,b   Flasar, F M ^a   Kunde, V G ^a,b   Samuelson, R E ^a,b   Romani, P N ^a   Hesman, B E ^a,b   Carlson, R C ^c   Gorius, N J P ^c   Coustenis, A ^d   Tokano, T ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

planets and satellites: individual (Titan); planets and satellites: surfaces; radiation mechanisms: thermal; radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051742966     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/737/1/L15     Document Type: Article

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