Hydrocarbon ions in the ionosphere of Titan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2179-2182

  Fox, J L ^a,c   Yelle, R V ^b,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; HYDROCARBONS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL; PEAK ELECTRON DENSITY; PROTON AFFINITY; TITAN IONOSPHERE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 0031235819     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02051     Document Type: Article

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