Equatorial electron density measurements in Saturn's inner magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Persoon, A M ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Kurth, W S ^a   Hospodarsky, G B ^a   Groene, J B ^a   Canu, P ^b   Dougherty, M K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PLANETS; PLASMA DENSITY;

RADIO AND PLASMA WAVE SCIENCE (RPWS) INSTRUMENT; SATURN INNER MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

SATURN;

EID: 31544453048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024294     Document Type: Article

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