On the excitation of Io's atmosphere by the photoelectrons: Application of the analytical yield spectral model of SO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 393-396

  Bhardwaj, Anil ^a   Michael, Marykutty ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT EMISSION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECIES; COLLISIONAL EXCITATION; DISSOCIATIVE EXCITATIONS; EMISSION INTENSITY; EXCITATION RATE; MODEL CALCULATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SPECTRAL MODELING;

SULFUR DIOXIDE; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

ANALYTICAL YIELD SPECTRAL MODEL; PHOTOELECTRONS;

IO; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0033082751     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900320     Document Type: Article

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