Structure of Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1834-1846

  Robertson, I P ^a   Cravens, T E ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^b   Yelle, R V ^c   Vuitton, V ^d   Coates, A J ^e   Wahlund, J E ^f   Agren K ^f   Mandt, K ^b   Magee, B ^b   Richard, M S ^a   Fattig, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Chemistry; Composition; Dayside; Ionospheres; Titan

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERES; CASSINI; CASSINI ORBITER; DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; ION AND NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETERS; ION DENSITY; ION SPECIES; IONOSPHERE MODELS; LOWER ELECTRON DENSITY; MASS SPECTRA; MODEL COMPARISON; RADIO AND PLASMA WAVES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOLAR FLUX; X RAY RADIATION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PLASMA WAVES; POSITIVE IONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE PROBES;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 70449646646     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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