The loss of water from Mars: Numerical results and challenges

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 164-173

  Brecht, Stephen H ^a   Ledvina, Stephen A ^b  

^a Bay Area Research Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheres; Mars; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949103366     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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