Plasma environment of Titan: A 3-D hybrid simulation study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1113-1135

  Simon, S ^a   Boßwetter A ^a   Bagdonat, T ^a   Motschmann, U ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATURN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TITAN;

EID: 33751082373     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1113-2006     Document Type: Article

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