Derivation of density and temperature from the Cassini-Huygens CAPS electron spectrometer

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 901-912

  Lewis, G R ^a   Andre N ^b   Arridge, C S ^a   Coates, A J ^a   Gilbert, L K ^a   Linder, D R ^a   Rymer, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini; Density; Electron; Saturn; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRON FLUID PARAMETERS; ELECTRON MOMENTS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 42749087397     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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