Atmospheric origin of cold ion escape from Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Lundin, R ^a   Barabash, S ^a   Holmstrom M ^a   Nilsson, H ^a   Yamauchi, M ^a   Dubinin, E M ^b   Fraenz, M ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; ION SOURCES; IONOSPHERE; OXYGEN;

ION OUTFLOW; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; LOCAL TIME; LOWER IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MINOR CONSTITUENTS; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR IONS; SOURCE REGION;

IONS;

FLOW PATTERN; HYDROGEN; ION; IONOSPHERE; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; OUTFLOW; PLASMA; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 71949087586     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039341     Document Type: Article

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