Preliminary interpretation of Titan plasma interaction as observed by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer: Comparisons with Voyager 1

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Hartle, Richard E ^a   Sittler, Jr ^a   Neubauer, F M ^b   Johnson, R E ^c   Smith, H T ^c   Crary, F ^d   McComas, D J ^d   Young, D T ^d   Coates, A J ^e   Simpson, D ^a   Bolton, S ^f   Reisenfeld, D ^g   Szego, K ^h   Berthelier, J J ⁱ   Rymer, A ^e   Vilppola, J ^j   Steinberg, J T ^k   Andre, N ^l  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l IRAP   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SPECTROMETERS;

CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER (CAPS) INSTRUMENT; FINITE GYRORADIUS EFFECTS; ION MASS LOADING; PLASMA SCIENCE INSTRUMENT (PLS); SATURN'S MAGNETOSPHERE; TITAN;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

IONIC COMPOSITION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA; TITAN;

EID: 33745477215     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024817     Document Type: Article

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