Warm flux tubes in the E-ring plasma torus: Initial Cassini magnetometer observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Leisner, J S ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Khurana, K K ^a   Dougherty, M K ^b   Andre N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOMETERS; PLANETS; PLASMAS;

CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; E-RING PLASMA TORUS; SATURN; WARM FLUX TUBES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

IO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; PLASMA; SATURN;

SATURNIA;

EID: 25444467248     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022652     Document Type: Article

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