Photo-induced fractionation of water isotopomers in the Martian atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3657-3660

  Cheng, Bing Ming ^a   Chew, Eh Piew ^a   Liu, Chin Ping ^a   Bahou, Mohammed ^b   Lee, Yuan Pern ^b   Yung, Yuk L ^c   Gerstell, M F ^c  

^a NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; PLANETS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER; ISOTOPES; LABORATORIES;

MARS; WATER ISOTOPOMERS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; WATER;

MARS; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNCHROTRON;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DEUTERIUM; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MARS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; SYNCHROTRONS; WATER;

FRACTIONATION EFFECTS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; THEORETICAL MODELING; ULTRAVIOLET CROSS SECTIONS;

EID: 0033573408     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008367     Document Type: Article

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