The upper atmosphere and ionosphere of Titan: A coupled model

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1547-1550

  Banaszkiewicz, M ^a   Lara, L M ^b   Rodrigo, R ^c   Lopez Moreno J J ^c   Molina Cuberos, G J ^c  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

IONOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NEUTRAL ION MODEL; TITAN;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

EID: 0033703919     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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