Plasmas observed near local noon in Jupiter's magnetosphere with the Galileo spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Frank, L A ^a   Paterson, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Jovian auroras; Jovian plasma sheet; Planetary magnetospheres

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849141236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009795     Document Type: Article

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