Modeling the electron and proton radiation belts of Saturn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Santos Costa, D ^a   Blanc, M ^a   Maurice, S ^b   Bolton, S J ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLANETS; PROTONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; DUST; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

NEUTRAL ATOM EMISSIONS; PROTON RADIATION; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; PROTON RADIATIONS; RADIATION BELT MODEL; SYNCHROTRON EMISSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRAPPED PARTICLE;

RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION BELTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 1242322426     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017972     Document Type: Article

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