Titan's ionosphere in the magnetosheath: Cassini RPWS results during the T32 flyby

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4257-4272

  Garnier, P ^a,b,c   Wahlund, J E ^a   Rosenqvist, L ^a   Modolo, R ^a   Agren, K ^a   Sergis, N ^d   Canu, P ^e   Andre, M ^a   Gurnett, D A ^f   Kurth, W S ^f   Krimigis, S M ^g   Coates, A ^h   Dougherty, M ⁱ   Waite, J H ^j  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Planetary ionospheres); Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosheath)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMETRY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADIO WAVE; TITAN;

EID: 70749111208     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-4257-2009     Document Type: Article

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