Production, ionization and redistribution of O2 in Saturn's ring atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-402

  Johnson, R E ^a,b   Luhmann, J G ^c   Tokar, R L ^d   Bouhram, M ^e   Berthelier, J J ^f   Sittler, E C ^f   Cooper, J F ^f   Hill, T W ^g   Smith, H T ^a   Michael, M ^a,e   Liu, M ^a   Crary, F J ^h   Young, D T ^h  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Magnetosphere; Rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744460159     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.021     Document Type: Article

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