Atmospheric structure and composition

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 235-257

  Strobel, Darrell F ^a   Atreya, Sushil K ^b   Bézard, Bruno ^c   Ferri, Francesca ^d   Flasar, F Michael ^e   Fulchignoni, Marcello ^c   Lellouch, Emmanuel ^c   Müller Wodarg, Ingo ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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