Solar wind modulation of the Martian ionosphere observed by Mars Global Surveyor

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2277-2281

  Wang, J S ^a,b   Nielsen, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Planetary ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind interactions with unmagnetized bodies)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 3242889564     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2277-2004     Document Type: Article

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