Pickup oxygen ion velocity space and spatial distribution around Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Fang, Xiaohua ^a,b   Liemohn, Michael W ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Ma, Yingjuan ^a,c   De Zeeuw, Darren L ^a   Kozyra, Janet U ^a   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 41849126765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012736     Document Type: Article

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