The composition of the Jovian atmosphere as determined by the Galileo probe mass spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E10, 1998, Pages 22831-22845

  Niemann, H B ^a,d   Atreya, S K ^b   Carignan, G R ^a   Donahue, T M ^a   Haberman, J A ^a   Harpold, D N ^a   Hartle, R E ^a   Hunten, D M ^c   Kasprzak, W T ^a   Mahaffy, P R ^a   Owen, T C ^a   Way, S H ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; INERT GAS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GALILEO PROJECT; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; UNMANNED;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GALILEO PROJECT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED;

ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CARBON; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; HELIUM; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; JUPITER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOBLE GASES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; JUPITER; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0032566445     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01050     Document Type: Article

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