Vertical sheets of dense plasma in the topside Martian ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

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

^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 SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NADIR; PLASMA; RADAR; RADIO WAVE; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34547916076     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002723     Document Type: Article

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