Time variation of nonthermal escape of oxygen from Mars after solar wind dynamic pressure enhancement

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Kaneda, Kaori ^a   Terada, Naoki ^b,c   Machida, Shinobu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SOLAR WIND;

IONOPAUSE ALTITUDE; IONOSPHERE-MAGNETOSHEATH INTERACTION; TIME VARIATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IONOSPHERE; MARS; MODELING; OXYGEN; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 37349115526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030576     Document Type: Article

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