The coupling of winds, aerosols and chemistry in Titan’s atmosphere BY SEBASTIEN LEBONNOIS*, PASCAL RANNOU
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The coupling of winds, aerosols and chemistry in Titan’s atmosphere BY SEBASTIEN LEBONNOIS*, PASCAL RANNOU AND FREDERIC HOURDIN Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, IPSL, UPMC/CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, Box 99, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims, France Service d’Aéronomie, IPSL, CNRS, BP3, 91371 Verrières le Buisson, France
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