Structure of Titan's mid-range magnetic tail: Cassini magnetometer observations during the T9 flyby

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Bertucci, C ^a   Neubauer, F M ^b   Szego, K ^c   Wahlund, J E ^d   Coates, Andrew J ^e   Dougherty, M K ^a   Young, D T ^f   Kurth, W S ^g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; SPACE FLIGHT;

MAGNETIC TAIL; MAGNETOSPHERIC FLOW;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PERTURBATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SATURN; TITAN;

EID: 39549120452     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030865     Document Type: Article

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