Titan ionospheric conductivities from Cassini measurements

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1828-1833

  Rosenqvist, L ^a   Wahlund, J E ^a   Agren K ^a   Modolo, R ^a,b   Opgenoorth, H J ^c   Strobel, D ^g   Muller Wodarg I ^d   Garnier, P ^a,e,f   Bertucci, C ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassini; Conductivity; Dynamo region; Electrodynamical coupling; Ionosphere; Titan

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE PROFILES; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CASSINI; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; CONDUCTIVITY; DOUBLE PEAK; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXOBASE; HALL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH ALTITUDE; IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD MAGNITUDES; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; N-WAVES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SUBSTANTIAL ATMOSPHERE;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 70449646912     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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