Warping of Saturn's magnetospheric and magnetotail current sheets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Arridge, C S ^a,b,c   Khurana, K K ^d   Russell, C T ^d   Southwood, D J ^d,e   Achilleos, N ^b,c   Dougherty, M K ^c   Coates, A J ^a,b   Leinweber, H K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

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EID: 55849115693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012963     Document Type: Article

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