Modeling of Saturn kilometric radiation arcs and equatorial shadow zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Lamy, L ^a,b   Zarka, P ^a,b   Cecconi, B ^a,b   Hess, S ^a,b   Prange R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

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EID: 57549089205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013464     Document Type: Article

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