Modeling of global variations and ring shadowing in Saturn's ionosphere

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 503-520

  Moore, L E ^a   Mendillo, M ^a   Muller Wodarg I C F ^a,b   Murr, D L ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheres; Planetary rings; Saturn; Saturn, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144338335     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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