An overview of Jovian electrons during the distant Ulysses Jupiter flyby

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Heber, B ^a,b,c   Potgieter, M S ^d   Ferreira, S E S ^d   Dalla, S ^e   Kunow, H ^a   Muller Mellin R ^a   Wibberenz, G ^a   Paizis, C ^f   Sarri, G ^f   Marsden, R G ^g   McKibben, R B ^h   Zhang, M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary propagation; Jovian electrons; Jupiter; Ulysses

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUN;

INTERPLANETARY PROPAGATION; JOVIAN ELECTRONS; JUPITER; ULYSSES;

PLANETS;

EID: 33845793340     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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