Saturn's auroral morphology and activity during quiet magnetospheric conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Gerard J C ^a   Grodent, D ^a   Cowley, S W H ^b   Mitchell, D G ^c   Kurth, W S ^d   Clarke, J T ^e,i   Bunce, E J ^b   Nichols, J D ^b   Dougherty, M K ^f   Crary, F J ^g   Coates, A J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 33947644262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011965     Document Type: Article

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