IMF dependence of the open-closed field line boundary in Saturn's ionosphere, and its relation to the UV auroral oval observed by the Hubble Space Telescope

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1215-1226

  Belenkaya, E S ^a   Alexeev, I I ^a   Blokhina, M S ^a   Cowley, S W H ^b   Badman, S V ^b   Kalegaev, V V ^a   Grigoryan, M S ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATURN; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 34250214189     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1215-2007     Document Type: Article

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