Observations of vertical reflections from the topside martian ionosphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 373-388

  Nielsen, E ^a   Zou, H ^a,e   Gurnett, D A ^b   Kirchner, D L ^b   Morgan, D D ^b   Huff, R ^b   Orosei, R ^c   Safaeinili, A ^d   Plaut, J J ^d   Picardi, G ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron densities; Ionosphere; Mars; Top side sounder

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; RADIO WAVES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACECRAFT;

ALTITUDE PROFILE; MARTIAN IONOSPHERE; RADIO WAVE SOUNDER EXPERIMENT (MARSIS); SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33947534439     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9113-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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