The role of H+3 in planetary atmospheres

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1774, 2000, Pages 2485-2502

  Miller, Steven ^a   Achilleos, Nick ^a   Ballester, Gilda E ^b   Geballe, Thomas R ^c   Joseph, Robert D ^d   Prangé, Renée ^e   Rego, Daniel ^e   Stallard, Tom ^a   Tennyson, Jonathan ^a   Trafton, Laurence M ^f   Waite Jr , J Hunter ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Aurorae; Exoplanets; Giant planets; Ionospheres; Thermospheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347938275     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0662     Document Type: Article

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