Loss of hydrogen and oxygen from the upper atmosphere of Venus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1445-1456

  Lammer, H ^a   Lichtenegger, H I M ^a   Biernat, H K ^a,b   Erkaev, N V ^c   Arshukova, I L ^c   Kolb, C ^a   Gunell, H ^d   Lukyanov, A ^e   Holmstrom, M ^d   Barabash, S ^d   Zhang, T L ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric loss; Venus

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMIC LASERS; HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OXYGEN; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC LOSSES; ATOM LOSS RATES; HYDROGEN ATOMS; VENUS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 33751118799     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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