Field-aligned currents and parallel electric field potential drops at Mars. Scaling from the Earth' aurora

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 868-872

  Dubinin, E ^a   Chanteur, G ^b   Fraenz, M ^a   Woch, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aurora; Field aligned currents; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Mars

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SPACECRAFT;

AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MEX SPACECRAFT; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42649138227     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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