OH in Saturn's magnetosphere: Observations and implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 20245-20255

  Richardson, J D ^a   Eviatar, A ^b   McGrath, M A ^c   Vasyliuunas V M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; JUPITER;

EID: 0032581846     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je01127     Document Type: Article

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