A simple transport model for the Io plasma torus "ribbon"

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2875-2878

  Herbert, Floyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; NONLINEAR DIFFUSION; PLASMA PRESSURES; PLASMA TRANSPORT; SELF-REGULATION MECHANISMS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

FEEDBACK; PLASMAS;

IO PLASMA TORUS RIBBON; TRANSPORT MODEL;

EID: 0030263904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02756     Document Type: Article

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