Ion distributions in Saturn's magnetosphere near Titan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A6, 2005, Pages

  Ledvina, S A ^a,c   Cravens, T E ^a   Kecskemety K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33745456696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010771     Document Type: Article

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