Europa's near-surface radiation environment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Paranicas, Chris ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   Khurana, K ^b   Jun, I ^c   Garrett, H ^c   Krupp, N ^d   Roussos, E ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ION BOMBARDMENT; MOON; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPACECRAFT;

ENERGETIC ELECTRON FLUENCE; ENERGETIC PARTICLES DETECTOR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

DATA SET; ELECTRON; MOON;

EUROPA ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

EID: 34948892927     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030834     Document Type: Article

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