INTERPRETATION OF THE VOYAGER MEASUREMENT OF JOVIAN ELECTRON-DENSITY PROFILES

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作者
ATREYA, SK
DONAHUE, TM
WAITE, JH
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[1] Space Physics Research Laboratory, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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10.1038/280795a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The large vertical extent and diurnal variation in the electron density profile of Jupiter observed in radio occultation by Voyager 1 imply a homopause eddy diffusion coefficient of 1-3×105 cm2 s -1 and an exospheric temperature of about 1,300 K. © 1979 Nature Publishing Group.
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