Reevaluating the relationship between the Martian ionospheric peak density and the solar radiation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Zou, H ^a,b   Wang, J S ^a,c   Nielsen, E ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 33947542982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011580     Document Type: Article

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