Response of Saturn's ionosphere to solar radiation: Testing parameterizations for thermal electron heating and secondary ionization processes

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1699-1705

  Moore, Luke ^a   Galand, Marina ^b   Mueller Wodarg, Ingo ^b   Mendillo, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Modeling; Photoelectron heating; Saturn; Secondary ionization

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IONOSPHERE MODELING; MODELING; MUELLER; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PLASMA TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY IONIZATION; SECONDARY IONS; SOLAR FLUX; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; THERMAL ELECTRON; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PLASMA HEATING; SUN; THERMIONIC EMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 70349423867     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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