Probing Mars' crustal magnetic field and ionosphere with the MGS Electron Reflectometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E10, 2001, Pages 23419-23427

  Mitchell, D L ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Mazelle, C ^c   Reme H ^c   Cloutier, P A ^d   Connerney, J E P ^e   Acuna M H ^e   Ness, N F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SURVEYOR MISSION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS;

EID: 0035198246     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001435     Document Type: Article

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