Energetic particle pressure in saturn's magnetosphere measured with the magnetospheric Imaging instrument on cassini

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sergis, N ^c   Krimigis, S M ^c   Mitchell, D G ^e   Hamilton, D C ^b   Krupp, N ^d   Mauk, B H ^e   Roelof, E C ^e   Dougherty, M K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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

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EID: 66149160379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013774     Document Type: Article

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