Significance of Dungey-cycle flows in Jupiter's and Saturn's magnetospheres, and their identification on closed equatorial field lines

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 941-951

  Badman, S V ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; JUPITER; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ROTATION; SATURN; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34248597533     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-941-2007     Document Type: Article

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