Long-term variability of [SII] emissions from the Io plasma torus between 1997 and 2000

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A7, 2004, Pages

  Nozawa, H ^a,c   Misawa, H ^a   Takahashi, S ^a   Morioka, A ^a   Okano, S ^a   Sood, R ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Io; Jupiter; Long term; Plasma; Torus; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844563945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010241     Document Type: Article

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