Mapping crustal magnetic fields at Mars using electron reflectometry

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Lillis, R J ^a,b   Mitchell, D L ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Connerney, J E P ^c   Acuna, M H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; SPACECRAFT;

CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON REFLECTOMETRY; MAGNETIC MIRRORS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAPPING; MARS; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 7044237503     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020189     Document Type: Article

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