Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape

R. E. Johnson (1, 2) , M. R. Combi (3) , J. L. Fox (4) , W.-H. Ip (5) , François Leblanc (6, 7) , M. A. Mcgrath (8) , V. I. Shematovich (9) , D. F. Strobel (10) , J. H. Waite Jr. (11)

1 Engineering Physics Program [Charlottesville]
2 Department of Physics [New York]
3 AOSS - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences [Ann Arbor]
4 Department of Physics [Dayton]
5 IANCU - Institute of Astronomy [Taiwan]
6 SA - Service d'aéronomie
7 OAT - INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
8 MSFC - NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
9 INASAN - Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
10 JHU - Johns Hopkins University
11 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]

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.

Mots clés: Atmospheric escape; Planetary corona; Exobase; Exosphere

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

R. E. Johnson, M. R. Combi, J. L. Fox, W.-H. Ip, François Leblanc, et al.. Exospheres and Atmospheric Escape. Space Science Reviews, 2008, 139 (1-4), pp.355-397. ⟨10.1007/s11214-008-9415-3⟩. ⟨hal-00334034⟩