Mass loss processes in titan's upper atmosphere

Titan from Cassini-Huygens

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 373-391

  Johnson, R E ^a,b   Tucker, O J ^a,b   Michael, M ^c   Sittler, E C ^d   Smith, H T ^e   Young, D T ^f   Waite, J H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^d GSFC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SwRI   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9215-2_15     Document Type: Chapter

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