Ion conies and electron beams associated with auroral processes on saturn

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Mitchell, D G ^a   Kurth, W S ^b   Hospodarsky, G B ^b   Krupp, N ^c   Saur, J ^d   Mauk, B H ^a   Carbary, J F ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a   Dougherty, M K ^e   Hamilton, D C ^f  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Maryland   (United States)

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EID: 66149188270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JAO13621     Document Type: Article

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