Electron sources in Saturn's magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Rymer, A M ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   Hill, T W ^b   Paranicas, C ^a   Andre N ^c   Sittler Jr , E C ^d   Mitchell, D G ^a   Smith, H T ^e   Johnson, R E ^e   Coates, A J ^f   Young, D T ^g   Bolton, S J ^g   Thomsen, M F ^h   Dougherty, M K ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250310681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012017     Document Type: Article

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