Hydrodynamic escape of nitrogen from Pluto

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tian, Feng ^a   Toon, Owen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; WIND EFFECTS;

EUV ENERGY DEPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMIC ESCAPE; PERIHELION; PLUTO; SOLAR WIND FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

NITROGEN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLUTO;

EID: 27744491389     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023510     Document Type: Article

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