Volcanically emitted sodium chloride as a source for Io's neutral clouds and plasma torus

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6918, 2003, Pages 45-47

  Lellouch, E ^a   Paubert, G ^b   Moses, J I ^c   Schneider, N M ^d   Strobel, D F ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Inst Radioastronomie Millimetrique   (Spain)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PLANETS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPUTTERING; SUBLIMATION; VOLCANOES;

PLASMA TORUS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFUR OXIDE;

IO; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOUD; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS TRANSPORT; MODEL; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

EID: 0037413724     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01292     Document Type: Article

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