Evidence for rotationally driven plasma transport in Saturn's magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Hill, T W ^a   Rymer, A M ^b   Burch, J L ^c   Crary, F J ^c   Young, D T ^c   Thomsen, M F ^d   Delapp, D ^d   Andre N ^e   Coates, A J ^b   Lewis, G R ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLANETS; PLASMAS;

PLASMA TRANSPORT; RADIAL CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; SATURN;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN;

SATURNIA;

EID: 25444468903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022620     Document Type: Article

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