Solar wind interaction with the ionosphere/atmosphere and crustal magnetic fields at Mars: Mars Global Surveyor Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer, radio science, and accelerometer data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Krymskii, A M ^a   Ness, N F ^b   Crider, D H ^c   Breus, T K ^d   Acuna M H ^e   Hinson, D P ^f  

^a SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Ionosphere; Magnetic fields; Mars; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849119873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010420     Document Type: Article

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