The surface energy balance at the Huygens landing site and the moist surface conditions on Titan

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 376-385

  Williams, Kaj E ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a   Persson, Fredrik ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Liquid; Surface; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MIXING; AVERAGE VALUES; DIURNAL VARIATION; HUYGENS; HUYGENS PROBE; LANDING SITE; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MASS LOADINGS; MASS VARIATIONS; MIXING RATIOS; MODELING RESULTS; MOIST SURFACES; MOLE FRACTION; NON-RADIATIVE; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; TIME-SCALES; TITAN; TOTAL MASS;

ATMOSPHERICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHANE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LANDING; LIQUID METHANE; METHANE; PROBES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84855654880     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.11.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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