Ion and neutral sources and sinks within Saturn's inner magnetosphere: Cassini results

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-18

  Sittler Jr , E C ^a   Andre, N ^b   Blanc, M ^c   Burger, M ^a   Johnson, R E ^d   Coates, A ^e   Rymer, A ^f   Reisenfeld, D ^g   Thomsen, M F ^h   Persoon, A ⁱ   Dougherty, M ^j   Smith, H T ^d   Baragiola, R A ^d   Hartle, R E ^a   Chornay, D ^a   Shappirio, M D ^a   Simpson, D ^a   McComas, D J ^k   Young, D T ^k  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ion neutral sources; Magnetic fields; Magnetosphere; Plasma; Plasmasphere; Saturn

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS;

CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER (CAPS); ION NEUTRAL SOURCES; PLASMASPHERE; VOYAGER PLASMA OBSERVATIONS;

PLANETS;

EID: 37449033673     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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