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hydrodynamic escape: a standalone construct

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Planetary science

atmospheric loss in which strong heating drives the upper atmosphere outward as a bulk flow, carrying heavier species with it.

In planetary science, hydrodynamic escape refers to atmospheric loss in which strong heating drives the upper atmosphere outward as a bulk flow, carrying heavier species with it. This meaning comes from Watson (1981) in Icarus.[1]

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bulk2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs escape2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs flow6 names · 12 citationsjangle · five names, one experience, partly

References

Watson, A. J., Donahue, T. M., & Walker, J. C. G. (1981). The dynamics of a rapidly escaping atmosphere: Applications to the evolution of Earth and Venus. Icarus, 48(2), 150-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(81)90101-9

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