A comet-like escape of ionospheric plasma from Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Lundin, Rickard ^a   Barabash, S ^a   Holmstrom M ^a   Nilsson, H ^a   Yamauchi, M ^a   Fraenz, M ^b   Dubinin, E M ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAVY IONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; WIND POWER;

ENERGIZATION; ENERGY IONS; ESCAPE RATES; ION FLUXES; ION MASSES; ION PICKUPS; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; OUT-FLOWS; SOLAR MAXIMUMS; SOLAR MINIMUMS;

IONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 57549083834     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034811     Document Type: Article

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