A fast computation of the diurnal secondary ion production in the ionosphere of Titan

Icarus

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 285-288

  Lilensten, Jean ^a   Simon, Cyril ^a   Witasse, Olivier ^b   Dutuit, Odile ^c   Thissen, Roland ^c   Alcaraz, Christian ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Ionospheres; Solar radiation; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844315613     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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