Ion escape from Mars as a function of solar wind conditions: A statistical study

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Nilsson, Hans ^a   Carlsson, Ella ^a   Brain, David A ^b   Yamauchi, Masatoshi ^a   Holmström, Mats ^a   Barabash, Stas ^a   Lundin, Rickard ^a   Futaana, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Mars, Atmosphere; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949091932     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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