A two-dimensional model of plasma transport and chemistry in the Jovian magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 19901-19913

  Schreier, Ron ^a   Eviatar, Aharon ^a,c   Vasyliunas, Vytenis M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUPITER;

EID: 0032581870     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je00697     Document Type: Article

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