Heavy ions, temperatures and winds in Titan's ionosphere: Combined Cassini CAPS and INMS observations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1847-1856

  Crary, F J ^a   Magee, B A ^a   Mandt, K ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^a   Westlake, J ^a   Young, D T ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy ions; Ion temperature; Ionosphere; Ionospheric winds; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; ION AND NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETERS; ION CHEMISTRY; ION TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERIC WINDS; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERICS; HEAVY IONS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETERS; WIND;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 70449658682     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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