Polar heating in Saturn's thermosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2465-2477

  Smith, Chriss G A ^a   Aylward, A D ^a   Miller, S ^a   Muller Wodarg I C F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Planetary ionosphere); Magnetospherica physics (Planetary magnetospheres); Meterology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

HEATING; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 27844596254     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2465-2005     Document Type: Article

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