Observation of the hydrogen corona with SPICAM on Mars Express

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 598-613

  Chaufray, J Y ^a   Bertaux, J L ^a   Leblanc, F ^a   Quemerais E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Mars; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249121276     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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