Midlatitude and high-latitude electron density profiles in the ionosphere of Saturn obtained by Cassini radio occultation observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kliore, A J ^a   Nagy, A F ^c   Marouf, E A ^b   Anabtawi, A ^a   Barbinis, E ^a   Fleischman, D U ^a   Kahan, D S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 67650135474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013900     Document Type: Article

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