Electron temperature of Titan's sunlit ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Galand, M ^a   Yelle, R V ^b   Coates, A J ^c   Backes, H ^d   Wahlund, J E ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IONIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

COULOMB COLLISIONS; ELECTRON HEATING SOURCES; ELECTRON SPECTRA; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE;

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRON; HEATING; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE MOTION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TITAN;

EID: 34248517223     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027488     Document Type: Article

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