The ionospheres-thermospheres of the giant planets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-211

  Majeed, T ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^a   Bougher, S W ^a   Yelle, R V ^b   Gladstone, G R ^c   McConnell, zJ C ^d   Bhardwaj, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Auroral emissions; Ground based infrared observations; Jupiter ionosphere; Neptune ionosphere; Saturn ionosphere; Uranus ionosphere; X ray

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETS; SPACECRAFT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ION CHEMISTRY; THERMOSPHERES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1842575636     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.009     Document Type: Article

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