Energy deposition processes in titan's upper atmosphere and its induced magnetosphere

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 393-453

  Sittler, Edward C ^a   Hartle, R E ^a   Bertucci, Cesar ^b   Coates, Andrew ^c   Cravens, Thomas ^d   Dandouras, Iannis ^e   Shemansky, Don ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f University of Southern California   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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