Observations of thermal plasmas in Jupiter's magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A1, 2002, Pages

  Frank, L A ^a   Paterson, W R ^a   Khurana, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2744 magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2756 magnetospheric physics: Planetary magnetospheres (5443, 5737, 6030); 5737 planetology: Fluid planets: Magnetospheres (2756); 6220 planetology: Solar system objects: Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244399385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000077     Document Type: Article

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