Solar system upper atmospheres: Photochemistry, energetics, and dynamics

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 130, Issue , 2002, Pages 23-37

  Gladstone, G Randall ^a   Yelle, Roger V ^b   Majeed, T ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79961172455     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/130GM03     Document Type: Chapter

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