Estimated energy balance in the jovian upper atmosphere during an auroral heating event

Icarus

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Melin, Henrik ^a   Miller, Steve ^a   Stallard, Tom ^a   Smith, Chris ^a   Grodent, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aurorae; Ionospheres; Jupiter atmosphere; Jupiter infrared

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344464410     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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