Properties of Ganymedes magnetosphere inferred from improved three-dimensional MHD simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jia, Xianzhe ^a,b   Walker, Raymond J ^a,b   Kivelson, Margaret G ^a,b   Khurana, Krishan K ^b   Linker, Jon A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INC   (United States)

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EID: 72649106331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014375     Document Type: Article

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