Composition and structure of the ionosphere and thermosphere

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 259-295

  Cravens, T E ^a   Yelle, R V ^b   Wahlund, J E ^c   Shemansky, D E ^d   Nagy, A F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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