Ionospheric photoelectrons at Venus: Initial observations by ASPERA-4 ELS

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 802-806

  Coates, A J ^a,t   Frahm, R A ^b   Linder, D R ^a   Kataria, D O ^a   Soobiah, Y ^a   Collinson, G ^a   Sharber, J R ^b   Winningham, J D ^b   Jeffers, S J ^b   Barabash, S ^c   Sauvaud, J A ^d   Lundin, R ^c   Holmstrom M ^c   Futaana, Y ^c   Yamauchi, M ^c   Grigoriev, A ^c   Andersson, H ^c   Gunell, H ^e   Fedorov, A ^d   Thocaven, J J ^d   Zhang, T L ^f   Baumjohann, W ^f   Kallio, E ^g   Koskinen, H ^g,h   Kozyra, J U ⁱ   Liemohn, M W ⁱ   Ma, Y ⁱ   Galli, A ^j   Wurz, P ^j   Bochsler, P ^j   Brain, D ^k   Roelof, E C ^l   Brandt, P ^l   Krupp, N ^m   Woch, J ^m   Fraenz, M ^m   Dubinin, E ^m   McKenna Lawlor, S ⁿ   Orsini, S ^o   Cerulli Irelli, R ^o   Mura, A ^o   Milillo, A ^o   Maggi, M ^o   Curtis, C C ^p   Sandel, B R ^p   Hsieh, K C ^p   Szego, K ^q   Asamura, A ^r   Grande, M ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁿ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^o INAF   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^q WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^r JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^s ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^t UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

lonosphere; Plasma; Venus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; IONOSPHERE; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLANETS;

ATOMIC OXYGEN; ELECTRON SPECTROMETERS; ION PRODUCTION; VENUS;

PHOTOELECTRONS;

EID: 42649110971     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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