Io's sodium corona and spatially extended cloud: A consistent flux speed distribution

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-77

  Smyth, William H ^a   Combi, Michael R ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0031091891     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5633     Document Type: Article

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