Auroras on Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1551-1558

  Bhardwaj, Anil ^a   Gladstone, G Randall ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PLANETS; PLASMAS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; AURORA; JOVIAN AURORA; NEPTUNE; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; SATURN; URANUS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033727096     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00096-X     Document Type: Article

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