The global energy balance of Titan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Li, Liming ^a   Nixon, Conor A ^b   Achterberg, Richard K ^b   Smith, Mark A ^a   Gorius, Nicolas J P ^c   Jiang, Xun ^a   Conrath, Barney J ^d   Gierasch, Peter J ^d   Simon Miller, Amy A ^c   Michael Flasar, F ^c   Baines, Kevin H ^e   Ingersoll, Andrew P ^f   West, Robert A ^e   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^e   Ewald, Shawn P ^f  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE;

CASSINI; CRITICAL FACTORS; ENERGY IMBALANCES; GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET; UPPER LIMITS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR POWER; TITAN;

EID: 84055191541     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050053     Document Type: Article

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