First results from the ionospheric radio occultations of Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Kliore, Arvydas J ^b   Marouf, Essam ^c   French, Richard ^d   Flasar, Michael ^e   Rappaport, Nicole J ^b   Anabtawi, Aseel ^b   Asmar, Sami W ^b   Johnston, Douglas ^b   Barbinis, Elias ^b   Goltz, Gene ^b   Fleischman, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33947587395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011519     Document Type: Article

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