Magnetopause reconnection rate estimates for Jupiter's magnetosphere based on interplanetary measurements at ∼5AU

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 393-406

  Nichols, J D ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   McComas, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JUPITER; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 33751105506     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-393-2006     Document Type: Article

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