The structure of Titan's atmosphere from Cassini radio occultations

Icarus

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-474

  Schinder, Paul J ^a   Flasar, F Michael ^b   Marouf, Essam A ^c   French, Richard G ^d   McGhee, Colleen A ^d   Kliore, Arvydas J ^e   Rappaport, Nicole J ^e   Barbinis, Elias ^e   Fleischman, Don ^e   Anabtawi, Aseel ^e  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, structure; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052553915     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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