Mass composition of the escaping plasma at Mars

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 320-328

  Carlsson, E ^a,b   Fedorov, A ^c   Barabash, S ^a   Budnik, E ^c   Grigoriev, A ^a   Gunell, H ^a   Nilsson, H ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^c   Lundin, R ^a   Futaana, Y ^a   Holmstrom M ^a   Andersson, H ^a   Yamauchi, M ^a   Winningham, J D ^d   Frahm, R A ^d   Sharber, J R ^d   Scherrer, J ^d   Coates, A J ^e   Linder, D R ^e   Kataria, D O ^e   Kallio, E ^f   Koskinen, H ^f   Sales T ^f   Riihela P ^f   Schmidt, W ^f   Kozyra, J ^g   Luhmann, J ^h   Roelof, E ⁱ   Williams, D ⁱ   Livi, S ⁱ   Curtis, C C ^j   Hsieh, K C ^j   Sandel, B R ^j   Grande, M ^k   Carter, M ^k   Thocaven, J J ^c   McKenna Lawler, S ^l   Orsini, S ^m   Cerulli Irelli, R ^m   Maggi, M ^m   Wurz, P ⁿ   Bochsler, P ⁿ   Krupp, N ^o   Woch, J ^o   Franz M ^o   Asamura, K ^p   Dierker, C ^q   more..

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^k RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^m INAF   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^o MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^p JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^q TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

atmosphere; Ionospheres; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646743551     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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