Simulations of solar wind charge exchange X-ray emissions at Venus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Gunell, Herbert ^a,b   Kallio, Esa ^c   Jarvinen, Riku ^c   Janhunen, Pekka ^c   Holmstrom M ^a   Dennerl, K ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GYROSCOPES; HEAVY IONS; PLANETS; SOLAR WIND;

X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAY IMAGES;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARS; SOLAR WIND; VENUS;

EID: 34548049279     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028602     Document Type: Article

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