Composition of Titan's ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Cravens, T E ^a   Robertson, I P ^a   Waite, Jr ^b   Yelle, R V ^c   Kasprzak, W T ^d   Keller, C N ^e   Ledvina, S A ^f   Niemann, H B ^d   Luhmann, J G ^f   McNutt, R L ^g   Ip, W H ^h   De La Haye, V ^b   Mueller Wodarg, I ⁱ   Wahlund, J E ^j   Anicich, V G ^k   Vuitton, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e and Writing   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HYDROCARBONS; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA WAVES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIO WAVES;

AMMONIUM ION; ION AND NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETER; IONOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; MASS-TO-CHARGE RATIO; NITRILE CHAIN;

IONOSPHERE;

IONIC COMPOSITION; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

EID: 33646839649     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025575     Document Type: Article

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