Plasma temperatures in Saturn's ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Moore, Luke ^a   Galand, Marina ^b   Mueller Wodarg, Ingo ^b   Yelle, Roger ^c   Mendillo, Michael ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 57549088469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013373     Document Type: Article

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