Saturn's polar ionospheric flows and their relation to the main auroral oval

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1379-1394

  Cowley, S W H ^a   Bunce, E J ^a   Prange R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena, magnetosphere ionosphere interactions, solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 2442624671     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1379-2004     Document Type: Article

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