Interaction of Gravity Waves with Ionospheric Plasma: Implications for Jupiter's Ionosphere

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 347-365

  Matcheva, Katia I ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^a   Flasar, F M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Dynamics; Ionosphere; Jupiter; Planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345856574     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6631     Document Type: Article

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