Plasma environment in the wake of Titan from hybrid simulation: A case study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Modolo, R ^a   Chanteur, G M ^b   Wahlund, J E ^a   Canu, P ^b   Kurth, W S ^c   Gurnett, D ^c   Matthews, A P ^d   Bertucci, C ^e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOON; SPACE FLIGHT; WAKES;

ELECTRON NUMBER DENSITY; PLASMA WAKE;

PLASMA FLOW;

IONOSPHERE; MODELING; PLASMA; TITAN; WAKE;

EID: 39549114642     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030489     Document Type: Article

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