Interpretation of Galileo's Io plasma and field observations: I0, I24, and I27 flybys and close polar passes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Saur, Joachim ^a,b,d   Neubauer, Fritz M ^a   Strobel, Darrell F ^b   Summers, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c George Mason University   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfv n wings; Hall effect; Internal field; Io; Jupiter; Magnetic field perturbation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344610403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA005067     Document Type: Article

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