Ion escape at Mars: Comparison of a 3-D hybrid simulation with Mars Express IMA/ASPERA-3 measurements

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-359

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

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^l INAF   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^o JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^p TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

atmosphere; Ionospheres; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747365622     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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