Galileo ultraviolet spectrometer observations of atomic hydrogen in the atmosphere of Ganymede

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2147-2150

  Barth, C A ^a   Hord, C W ^a   Stewart, A I F ^a   Pryor, W R ^a   Simmons, K E ^a   McClintock, W E ^a   Ajello, J M ^b   Naviaux, K L ^b   Aiello, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SPACE PROBES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

ATOMIC HYDROGEN LYMAN ALPHA RADIATION; GANYMEDE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 0031234016     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01927     Document Type: Article

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