Venus express observations of atmospheric oxygen escape during the passage of several coronal mass ejections

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 113, Issue E9, 2008, Pages

  Luhmann, J G ^a   Fedorov, A ^b   Barabash, S ^c   Carlsson, E ^c   Futaana, Y ^c   Zhang, T L ^d   Russell, C T ^e   Lyon, J G ^f   Ledvina, S A ^a   Brain, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 75949127694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003092     Document Type: Article

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