Direct observation of lunar pick-up ions near the moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3799-3802

  Mall, U ^a   Kirsch, E ^a   Cierpka, K ^a   Wilken, B ^a   Soding A ^b   Neubauer, F ^b   Gloeckler, G ^c   Galvin, A ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IONS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON; PICKUPS;

LUNAR PICK-UP IONS; SUPRATHERMAL ION SPECTROMETERS; COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ION SPECTROMETERS; PICK-UP IONS; WIND SPACECRAFT;

MOON;

MOON; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032532887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900003     Document Type: Article

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