Direct observation of warping in the plasma sheet of Saturn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Carbary, J F ^a,b   Mitchell, D G ^a,b   Paranicas, C ^a,b   Roelof, E C ^a,b   Krimigis, S M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; WEAVING;

CASSINI SPACECRAFT; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EQUATORIAL PLANES; PLASMA SHEETS; RADIAL DISTANCES; THIRD ORDERS;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA; SATURN;

EID: 61349158659     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035970     Document Type: Article

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