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Régis Courtin

Researcher at Paris Diderot University

Publications -  85
Citations -  4370

Régis Courtin is an academic researcher from Paris Diderot University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Titan (rocket family) & Atmosphere of Titan. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 84 publications receiving 4160 citations. Previous affiliations of Régis Courtin include Centre national de la recherche scientifique & Ames Research Center.

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The thermal structure of Titan's atmosphere.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the most important factors controlling Titan's thermal structure are absorption of sunlight by the stratospheric haze and the pressure-induced gas opacity in the infrared.
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Report of the IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements: 2009

TL;DR: The IAU Working Group on Cartographic Coordinates and Rotational Elements (WGPSN) as mentioned in this paper takes into account the IAU working group for planetary system Nomenclature and the International Astronomical Union (IAUWCN) definition of dwarf planets, and introduces improved values for the pole and rotation rate of Mercury, returns the rotation rates of Jupiter to a previous value, and adds the equatorial radius of the Sun for comparison.
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Numerical simulation of the general circulation of the atmosphere of Titan

TL;DR: Diagnostics of the simulated atmospheric circulation underlying the importance of the seasonal cycle and a tentative explanation for the creation and maintenance of the atmospheric superrotation based on a careful angular momentum budget are presented.
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The greenhouse and antigreenhouse effects on Titan.

TL;DR: There are many parallels between the atmospheric thermal structure of the Saturnian satellite Titan and the terrestrial greenhouse effect; these parallels provide a comparison for theories of the heat balance of Earth.