Measuring the stress state of the Saturnian magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Leisner, J S ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Khurana, K K ^a   Dougherty, M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GROUND STATE; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR WIND;

SATURNIAN MAGNETOSPHERE; STRESS INDEX;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PERTURBATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 38849168820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029315     Document Type: Article

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