Understanding Io's space environment interaction: Recent energetic electron measurements from Galileo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 26195-26208

  Mauk, B H ^a   Williams, D J ^a   Eviatar, Aharon ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 39449087532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja002508     Document Type: Article

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