Probing upper thermospheric neutral densities at Mars using electron reflectometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Lillis, R J ^a,b   Engel, J H ^a,b   Mitchell, D L ^a   Brain, D A ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Bougher, S W ^c   Acuna M H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETARY LANDERS; PLANETS; PROBABILITY; REFLECTOMETERS;

ELECTRON REFLECTOMETRY; MARS; MARS THERMOSPHERE GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL (MTGCM); NEUTRAL DENSITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

ELECTRON DENSITY; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 31544446015     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024337     Document Type: Article

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