Electric fields within the martian magnetosphere and ion extraction: ASPERA-3 observations

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 337-342

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^m INAF   (Italy)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^p TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^q RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Ionospheres; Magnetic fields; Magnetospheres; Mars; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747343734     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

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