Observations of chorus at Saturn using the Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Hospodarsky, G B ^a   Averkamp, T F ^a   Kurth, W S ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Menietti, J D ^a   Santolik, O ^b,c   Dougherty, M K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 61349129022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013237     Document Type: Article

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