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Abbreviations

AMPTE:

Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Experiment

ARTEMIS:

Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun

CHACE:

Chandra’s Altitudinal Composition Explorer

eV:

Electron volt

ISEE-1:

International Sun-Earth Explorer 1

LACE:

Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment

LADEE:

Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer

LDEX:

Lunar Dust Experiment

LHG:

Lunar horizon glow

LRO:

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NMS:

Neutral Mass Spectrometer

RL:

Lunar radius

SBI:

Surface-bounded ionosphere

SMART-1:

Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-1

SIDE:

Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiments

SZA:

Solar zenith angle

TEC:

Total electron content

UHF:

Ultra high frequency

UV:

Ultraviolet

Al:

Aluminum

Ar:

Argon

C:

Carbon

Ca:

Calcium

CO:

Carbon monoxide

CO2:

Carbon dioxide

Fe:

Iron

H2:

Molecular hydrogen

H2O:

Water

H3O:

Hydronium

He:

Helium

K:

Potassium

Na:

Sodium

Ne:

Neon

O:

Oxygen

S:

Sulfur

Si:

Silicon

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Stubbs, T.J. (2018). Lunar Ionosphere. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_94-1

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