Null Variance Altitudes for the photolysis rate constants of species with barometric distribution: Illustration on Titan upper atmosphere modeling

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 950-955

  Peng, Zhe ^a,b   Cailliez, Fabien ^a   Dobrijevic, Michel ^c,d   Pernot, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, chemistry; Photochemistry; Titan, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857947377     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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