Galileo measurements of plasma density in the Io torus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2119-2122

  Bagenal, F ^a   Crary, F J ^a   Stewart, A I F ^a   Schneider, N M ^a   Gurnett, D A ^b   Kurth, W S ^b   Frank, L A ^b   Paterson, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; SPACE PROBES;

IO PLASMA TORUS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 0031237083     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01254     Document Type: Article

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