External fields on the nightside of Mars at Mars Global Surveyor mapping altitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ferguson, Bruce B ^a   Cain, J C ^a   Crider, D H ^b   Brain, D A ^c   Harnett, E M ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON REFLECTION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

EXTERNAL FIELDS; MAGNETOTAIL; MAPPING PHASE ORBIT;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS;

EID: 26844567934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021964     Document Type: Article

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