Analysis of plasma waves observed in the inner Saturn magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2631-2644

  Menietti, J D ^a   Santolik, O ^b   Rymer, A M ^c   Hospodarsky, G B ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Coates, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SATURN;

EID: 51749096386     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2631-2008     Document Type: Article

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