Multi-fluid simulations of Ganymede's magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Paty, Carol ^a   Winglee, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

2704 Magnetospheric physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2736 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; 2753 Magnetospheric physics: Numerical modeling; 5443 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Magnetospheres (2756); 6218 Planetology: Solar system objects: Jovian satellites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; PLANETS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMAS; SPACE RESEARCH; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; MULTI-FLUID SIMULATIONS; PLASMA ACCELERATION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

GANYMEDE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 14544286829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021220     Document Type: Article

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