Cassini UVIS observations of the Io plasma torus. I. Initial results

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 1 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 78-90

  Steffl, Andrew J ^a   Stewart, A Ian F ^a   Bagenal, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Io; Magnetosphere; Spectroscopy; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444222364     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.027     Document Type: Article

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