Hot carbon densities in the exosphere of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21565-21568

  Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Liemohn, Michael W ^a   Fox, J L ^b   Kim, Jhoon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

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EID: 39449134490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja000007     Document Type: Article

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