Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Aeronomy is a description of the physics and chemistry of the upper atmospheres and ionospheres of planetary bodies. In this chapter we consider those processes occurring in the upper atmosphere that determine the structure of the corona and lead to molecular escape.
Repository Citation
Johnson, R. E.,
Combi, M. R.,
Fox, J. L.,
Ip, W. -.,
Leblanc, F.,
McGrath, M. A.,
Shematovich, V. I.,
Strobel, D. F.,
& Waite, J. H.
(2008). Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape. Space Science Reviews, 139 (1-4), 355-397.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/256
DOI
10.1007/s11214-008-9415-3
