Modeling Mercury's internal magnetic field with smooth inversions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 328-339

  Uno, Hideharu ^a   Johnson, Catherine L ^a,b   Anderson, Brian J ^c   Korth, Haje ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamo; magnetic field; Mariner 10; Mercury; MESSENGER

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL FIELDS; CUMULATIVE DATA; DIPOLE FIELDS; DYNAMO; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FIELD STRUCTURES; INTERNAL FIELD; INTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; INVERSE THEORY; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOW-ALTITUDE; MAGNETOSPHERIC CURRENT SYSTEM; MARINER 10; MERCURY; MESSENGER; NOISE CONTRIBUTIONS; NORTHERN LATITUDES; ORBITAL PHASE; PARAMETERIZED; RADIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; SHORT-WAVELENGTH; SPATIAL SCALE; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; THREE-COMPONENT; VECTOR MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); POWER SPECTRUM;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (PLANET); MODELING; SATELLITE;

EID: 69049098051     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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