On the amount of heavy molecular ions in Titan's ionosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1857-1865

  Wahlund, J E ^a   Galand, M ^b   Muller Wodarg I ^b   Cui, J ^b   Yelle, R V ^c   Crary, F J ^d   Mandt, K ^d   Magee, B ^d   Waite Jr , J H ^d   Young, D T ^d   Coates, A J ^e   Garnier, P ^a,g,i   Agren K ^a   Andre M ^a   Eriksson, A I ^a   Cravens, T E ^f   Vuitton, V ^g   Gurnett, D A ^h   Kurth, W S ^h  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol formation; Cassini; Heavy molecular ions; Ionospheric physics; Titan aeronomy; Titan's ionosphere

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; CASSINI; HEAVY MOLECULAR IONS; IONOSPHERIC PHYSICS; MOLECULAR IONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; ION SOURCES; IONOSPHERE; IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70449527525     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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