Plasma electrons above Saturn's main rings: CAPS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Coates, A J ^a   McAndrews, H J ^a   Rymer, A M ^a   Young, D T ^b   Crary, F J ^b   Maurice, S ^c   Johnson, R E ^d   Baragiola, R A ^d   Tokar, R L ^e   Sittler, E C ^f   Lewis, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PHOTOEMISSION; PLANETS; PLASMAS;

PLASMA ELECTRONS; RING OPTICAL DEPTH; SATURN;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRON; PLASMA; SATURN;

EID: 25444506398     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022694     Document Type: Article

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