Published 1984
| Version v1
Book
Kinetic theory of the escape of planetary atmospheres
Creators
- 1. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry
Description
The exosphere of a planetary atmosphere is the region above the critical level which is the altitude where the mean free path is of the order of the scale height. In the vicinity of the critical level, the atmosphere undergoes a transition from continuum to free-flow behavior. A discrete ordinate method of solution of the Boltzmann equation is developed and applied to the description of this rarefied gas dynamical problem. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tokyo Press.
- Imprint Place
- Tokyo (Japan)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the 14th international symposium on rarefied gas dynamics, 2
- Imprint Pagination
- 577 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1081-1088.
Conference
- Title
- 14. international symposium on rarefied gas dynamics.
- Dates
- 16-20 Jul 1984.
- Place
- Sakura, Ibaraki (Japan).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 17070964
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DENSITY; EXOSPHERE; HYDROGEN; KINETIC EQUATIONS; MASS DISTRIBUTION; MEAN FREE PATH; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELEMENTS; EQUATIONS; NONMETALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION