Ion loss on Mars caused by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1157-1167

  Penz, T ^a,b   Erkaev, N V ^c   Biernat, H K ^a,b   Lammer, H ^b   Amerstorfer, U V ^a,b   Guneir, H ^d   Kallio, E ^e   Barabash, S ^d   Orsini, S ^f   Milillo, A ^f   Baumjohann, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric loss; Instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mars

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLANETS; PLASMA DENSITY; POSITIVE IONS; SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC LOSS; ION LOSS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; PIONEER VENUS ORBITER (PVO);

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 9244232814     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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