Hemisphere coupling in Enceladus' asymmetric plasma interaction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Saur, Joachim ^a   Neubauer, Fritz M ^a   Schilling, Nico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 38349130522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012479     Document Type: Article

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