Heavy negative ions in Titan's ionosphere: Altitude and latitude dependence

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1866-1871

  Coates, A J ^a,b   Wellbrock, A ^a,b   Lewis, G R ^a,b   Jones, G H ^a,b   Young, D T ^c   Crary, F J ^c   Waite Jr , J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Loss; Negative ions; Production Tholins; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI MISSION; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTRON SPECTROMETER; HAZE FORMATION; HEAVY ORGANICS; HEAVY PARTICLES; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW ALTITUDES; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE; WESTLAKE;

AEROSOLS; CYANIDES; HYDROCARBONS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 70449520154     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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