Energetic nitrogen ions within the inner magnetosphere of Saturn

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Sittler Jr , E C ^a   Johnson, R E ^b,h   Smith, H T ^b,h   Richardson, J D ^c   Jurac, S ^c   Moore, M ^a   Cooper, J F ^a,d   Mauk, B H ^e   Michael, M ^b,h   Paranicas, C ^e   Armstrong, T P ^f   Tsurutani, B ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Fundamental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010509     Document Type: Article

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