Solar primary and secondary ionization at Saturn

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Galand, Marina ^a   Moore, Luke ^b   Charnay, Benjamin ^c   Mueller Wodarg, Ingo ^a   Mendillo, Michael ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 70349436002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013981     Document Type: Article

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