Ion escape fluxes from Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Ma, Ying Juan ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FLUXES; IONOSPHERE; IONS; SOLAR WIND;

CRUSTAL FIELD; ION ESCAPE FLUX; SOLAR CYCLE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ION; MARS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34250752274     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029208     Document Type: Article

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