Origin of Saturn's aurora: Simultaneous observations by Cassini and the Hubble Space Telescope

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Bunce, E J ^a   Arridge, C S ^b   Clarke, J T ^c   Coates, A J ^b   Cowley, S W H ^a   Dougherty, M K ^d   Gerard J C ^e   Grodent, D ^e   Hansen, K C ^f   Nichols, J D ^c   Southwood, D J ^d,g   Talboys, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

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EID: 56249107599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013257     Document Type: Article

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