Auroral structures at Jupiter and Earth

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2021-2029

  Hill, T W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral structures; Comparative magnetospheres; Earth; Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); FLUXES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AURORAL STRUCTURES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); JUPITER;

PLANETS;

EARTH; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442649992     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.05.037     Document Type: Article

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