Solar wind dynamic pressure and electric field as the main factors controlling Saturn's aurorae

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 720-722

  Crary, F J ^a   Clarke, J T ^b   Dougherty, M K ^c   Hanton, P G ^c   Hansen, K C ^d   Steinberg, J T ^e   Barraclough, B L ^e   Coates, A J ^f   Gerard J C ^g   Grodent, D ^g   Kurth, W S ^h   Mitchell, D G ⁱ   Rymer, A M ^f   Young, D T ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; STORMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DYNAMIC PRESSURE; SOLAR WIND;

WIND;

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

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; WIND;

EID: 20044396560     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03333     Document Type: Article

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