title: Mars: has nitrogen escaped?
abstract: If eddy mixing is about as effective on Mars as it is on Earth, then there seems to be less nitrogen present on Mars than we would expect if terrestrial-type outgassing were the source. However, in this event a nonthermal escape mechanism involving the predissociation of exospheric nitrogen can be invoked to explain the low nitrogen concentration.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Brinkmann