Effects of ring shadowing on the detection of electrostatic discharges at Saturn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Mendillo, Michael ^a   Moore, Luke ^a   Clarke, John ^a   Mueller Wodarg, Ingo ^a,b   Kurth, William S ^c   Kaiser, M L ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETS; STANDING WAVE METERS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES; RADIO FREQUENCY; RING SHADOWING; SATURN-THENNPSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-MODEL (STIM);

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 20444496075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021934     Document Type: Article

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