Role of plasma waves in Mars' atmospheric loss

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Ergun, R E ^a   Andersson, L ^a   Peterson, W K ^a   Brain, D ^b   Delory, G T ^b   Mitchell, D L ^b   Lin, R P ^b   Yau, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC LOSS; ELECTRON FLUXES; ENERGY SOURCES; ION FLUXES; SOLAR WIND;

PLASMA WAVES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS;

EID: 33845674062     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025785     Document Type: Article

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