Mars Global Surveyor observations of the Halloween 2003 solar superstorm's encounter with Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Crider, Dana H ^a   Espley, Jared ^b   Brain, David A ^c   Mitchell, David L ^c   Connerney, John E P ^d   Acuña, Mario H ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33747204823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010881     Document Type: Article

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