Photochemical escape of oxygen from Mars: A comparison of the exobase approximation to a Monte Carlo method

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 527-544

  Fox, Jane L ^a   Hać, Aleksander B ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, evolution; Ionospheres; Mars, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350401910     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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