On the neutral cloud distribution in the saturnian magnetosphere

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-57

  Ip, W H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0031092862     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5618     Document Type: Article

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