Saturn's neutral torus versus Jupiter's plasma torus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Delamere, P A ^a   Bagenal, F ^a   Dols, V ^a   Ray, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FLOW VELOCITY; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROTATIONAL FLOW; THERMAL PLUMES;

JUPITER; NEUTRAL TORUS; PLASMA TORUS; SATURN; THERMAL ELECTRON IONIZATION;

PLANETS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; FLOW VELOCITY; IONIZATION; JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATURN;

EID: 34347228101     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029437     Document Type: Article

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