Energetic ion composition in Saturn's magnetosphere revisited

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Paranicas, C ^a   Decker, R B ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Armstrong, T P ^b   Jurac, S ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fundamental Technology   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPUTTERING;

ION COMPOSITION; ION SPUTTERING; SATURN;

COMPOSITION;

ELECTRON DENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 2542489175     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018899     Document Type: Article

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