The influence of the solar particle and radiation environment on Titan's atmosphere evolution

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-250

  Penz, T ^a,b   Lammer, H ^a   Kulikov, Yu N ^c   Biernat, H K ^a,b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere evolution; Hydrodynamic conditions; Solar wind; Titan

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANETS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERE EVOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; SOLAR WIND; TITAN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 27644496282     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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