Magnetic signatures of plasma-depleted flux tubes in the Saturnian inner magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Andre N ^a,b   Persoon, A M ^c   Goldstein, J ^d   Burch, J L ^d   Louarn, P ^e   Lewis, G R ^b   Rymer, A M ^f   Coates, A J ^b   Kurth, W S ^c   Sittler, Jr ^g   Thomsen, M F ^h   Crary, F J ^d   Dougherty, M K ⁱ   Gurnett, D A ^c   Young, D T ^d  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC PRESSURE; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; PLASMA-DEPLETED FLUX TUBES;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATURN;

EID: 34548561974     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030374     Document Type: Article

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