Relative contributions of sublimation and volcanoes to Io's atmosphere inferred from its plasma interaction during solar eclipse

Icarus

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-420

  Saur, Joachim ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Io in eclipse; Io's atmosphere; Post eclipse brightening; Satellite plasma interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544383954     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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