Titan's ionospheric composition and structure: Photochemical modeling of Cassini INMS data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Westlake, J H ^a   Waite, J H ^a,b   Mandt, K E ^b,c   Carrasco, N ^d   Bell, J M ^b   Magee, B A ^b   Wahlund, J E ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON; IONOSPHERE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITAN; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84856038366     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003883     Document Type: Article

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