Low energy electron microsignatures at the orbit of Tethys: Cassini MIMI/LEMMS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Roussos, E ^a   Krupp, N ^a   Woch, J ^a   Lagg, A ^a   Jones, G H ^a   Paranicas, C ^b   Mitchell, D G ^b   Livi, S ^b   Krimigis, S M ^b   Dougherty, M K ^c   Armstrong, T ^d   Ip, W H ^e   Motschmann, U ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Fundamental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOON; PLANETS; WAKES;

LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSIGNATURE; LOW ENERGY MAGNETOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM (LEMMS); LOW RADIAL DIFFUSSION COEFFICIENTS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERIC IMAGING INSTRUMENT (MIMI); TETHYS MICROSIGNATURES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRON DENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 32644443820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024084     Document Type: Article

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