Noble gas abundance and isotope ratios in the atmosphere of Jupiter from the Galileo Probe Mass Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E6, 2000, Pages 15061-15071

  Mahaffy, P R ^a   Niemann, H B ^a   Alpert, A ^b   Atreya, S K ^c   Demick, J ^d   Donahue, T M ^c   Harpold, D N ^a   Owen, T C ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUPITER; NOBLE GAS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033766025     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001224     Document Type: Article

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