Estimates of atomic deuterium abundance and Lyman-Alpha airglow in the thermosphere of Jupiter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3177-3180

  Parkinson, C D ^c   Griffioen, E ^c   McConnell, J C ^c   Jaffel, L Ben ^a,d   Vidal Madjar, A ^d   Clarke, J T ^a   Gladstone, G R ^b  

^a and Space Sciences   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEUTERIUM; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANETS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

JUPITER; LYMAN-ALPHA AIRGLOW; PHOTOCHEMICAL-DIFFUSION MODEL; THERMOSPHERE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERE; DEUTERIUM; JUPITER;

EID: 0033569083     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003650     Document Type: Article

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