Long-lived auroral structures and atmospheric losses through auroral flux tubes on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Dubinin, E ^a   Fraenz, M ^a   Woch, J ^a   Barabash, S ^b   Lundin, R ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORAL ACTIVITIES; AURORAL STRUCTURES; CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; FLUX TUBES; ION FLUXES; MAGNETIC FLUX TUBE; MARS EXPRESS SPACECRAFT; OXYGEN BEAMS;

DISSOCIATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HEATING; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; SPACECRAFT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ELECTRON TUBES;

AURORA; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS;

EID: 67449164210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038209     Document Type: Article

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