Inferring the scale height of the lunar nightside double layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Halekas, J S ^a   Lin, R P ^a   Mitchell, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; LUNAR MISSIONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

LUNAR PROSPECTOR (LP); LUNAR SURFACE CHARGES;

GEOPHYSICS;

INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1642353703     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018421     Document Type: Article

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