Influence of solar wind on Jupiter's magnetosphere deduced from currents in the equatorial plane

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25999-26016

  Khurana, Krishan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449114153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000352     Document Type: Article

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