A model for the vertical sound speed and absorption profiles in Titan's atmosphere based on Cassini-Huygens data

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3671-3679

  Petculescu, Andi ^a   Achi, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; METHANE; NITROGEN; RAY TRACING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DOPPLER WIND EXPERIMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; LONG-RANGE PROPAGATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RELAXATIONAL DISPERSION; THERMODYNAMIC QUANTITIES; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 84878962597     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3699217     Document Type: Article

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