Electron density dropout near Enceladus in the context of water-vapor and water-ice

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Farrell, W M ^a   Kurth, W S ^b   Gurnett, D A ^b   Johnson, R E ^c   Kaiser, M L ^a   Wahlund, J E ^d   Waite Jr , J H ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSINI; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; DUST GRAINS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENCELADUS; ICE GRAINS; RADIO AND PLASMA WAVES; RADIO SIGNATURES; RESONANCE EMISSION; SOUTH POLAR REGION; SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORIES; TIME-SCALE; UPPER HYBRIDS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ICE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MOON; PLASMA WAVES; SPACECRAFT; WATER VAPOR;

ELECTRONS;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRON DENSITY; ICE; MOON; SATURN; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 67651095628     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037108     Document Type: Article

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