Production of hot nitrogen atoms in the martian thermosphere

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Bakalian, Faez ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; atmosphere; Atmospheres; evolution; Ionospheres; Mars; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646930654     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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