Azimuthal magnetic fields in Saturn's magnetosphere: Effects associated with plasma sub-corotation and the magnetopause-tail current system

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1709-1722

  Bunce, E J ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Wild, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (current systems; magnetosphere ionosphere; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 0141621821     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1709-2003     Document Type: Article

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