On electromagnetic phenomena in Mercury's magnetosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2161-2165

  Blomberg, L G ^a   Cumnock, J A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Field aligned currents; Magnetosphere; Magnetospheric currents; Mercury; Planetary magnetism

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA;

SPACE RESEARCH;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (PLANET);

EID: 2442656786     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00449-6     Document Type: Article

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