The variability of Titan's magnetic environment

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1813-1820

  Bertucci, C ^a,b   Sinclair, B ^a   Achilleos, N ^c,d   Hunt, P ^a   Dougherty, M K ^a   Arridge, C S ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetodisk; Planetary magnetospheres; Plasma interactions with unmagnetized bodies; Titan

Indexed keywords

CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; CURRENT SHEETS; DIPOLAR FIELDS; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH-BETA PLASMAS; MAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; MAGNETODISK; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMAS; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND PRESSURE;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SOLAR WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 70450222542     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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