Cassini radio occultations of Saturn's ionosphere: Model comparisons using a constant water flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Moore, Luke ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^b   Kliore, Arvydas J ^c   Müller Wodarg, Ingo ^a,d   Richardson, John D ^e   Mendillo, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IONOSPHERE; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROTONS; RADIO WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CASSINI RADIO OCCULTATION; CONSTANT WATER FLUX; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

PLANETS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IONOSPHERE; RADIO; SATURN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34548561640     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027375     Document Type: Article

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