Plasma wake of Tethys: Hybrid simulations versus Cassini MAG data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Simon, S ^a,b   Saur, J ^a   Neubauer, F M ^a   Motschmann, U ^b,c   Dougherty, M K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIPOLAR ELECTRIC FIELDS; CASSINI; CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; DENSITY CAVITY; DOWNSTREAM REGION; FIELD LINES; HYBRID MODEL; HYBRID SIMULATION; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; ION DYNAMICS; KEY FEATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; PLASMA PRESSURES; PLASMA WAKES; SIMULATION RESULT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SATELLITES;

WAKES;

ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLASMA; SATURN; WAKE;

EID: 66149163312     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036943     Document Type: Article

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