Magnetospheric energy inputs into the upper atmospheres of the giant planets

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1943-1947

  Smith, Chris G A ^a   Miller, S ^a   Aylward, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; planetary ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 24044520709     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1943-2005     Document Type: Article

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