Azimuthal variation of ion density and electron temperature in the Io plasma torus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A7, 2000, Pages 16035-16052

  Herbert, Floyd ^a   Sandel, Bill R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 39449127471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja000259     Document Type: Article

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