Evidence for spiral pattern in Saturn's magnetosphere using the new SKR longitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Carbary, James F ^a   Mitchell, D G ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Krupp, N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CONVECTION OUTFLOW; QUASI-ROTATIONAL FRAME; SATURN KILOMETRIC RADIATION;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN;

EID: 34548649200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030167     Document Type: Article

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