Narrow-band ultra-low-frequency wave observations by MESSENGER during its January 2008 flyby through Mercury's magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Boardsen, Scott A ^a,b   Anderson, Brian J ^c   Acuña, Mario H ^b   Slavin, James A ^b   Korth, Haje ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CYCLOTRON FREQUENCIES; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; LOW FREQUENCIES; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; MAGNETOPAUSE CROSSINGS; NARROW BANDS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PARALLEL POWER; WAVE POLARIZATIONS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLARIZATION;

EID: 62749177300     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036034     Document Type: Article

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