Influence of the solar EUV flux on the Martian plasma environment

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-444

  Modolo, R ^a   Chanteur, G M ^a   Dubinin, E ^b   Matthews, A P ^c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind and interactions with unmagnetized bodies); Space plasma physics (Ionization processes; Numerical simulation suites)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 16244411327     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-433-2005     Document Type: Article

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