Corotation-driven magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling currents in Saturn's magnetosphere and their relation to the auroras

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1691-1707

  Cowley, S W H ^a   Bunce, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (current systems; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; planetary magnetospheres)

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 0141845138     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1691-2003     Document Type: Article

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