Morphological differences between Saturn's ultraviolet aurorae and those of Earth and Jupiter

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 717-719

  Clarke, J T ^a   Gerard J C ^b   Grodent, D ^b   Wannawichian, S ^a   Gustin, J ^b   Connerney, J ^c   Crary, F ^d   Dougherty, M ^e   Kurth, W ^f   Cowley, S W H ^g   Bunce, E J ^g   Hill, T ^h   Kim, J ⁱ  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMAS; SOLAR SYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AURORAL EMISSION; INTERNAL PLASMA; RADIO EMISSION;

CONSERVATION;

AURORA; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR WIND;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

EID: 20044391982     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03331     Document Type: Article

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