Cassini observations of the variation of Saturn's ring current parameters with system size

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Bunce, E J ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Alexeev, I I ^b   Arridge, C S ^c   Dougherty, M K ^d   Nichols, J D ^e   Russell, C T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 37249079721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012275     Document Type: Article

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