Negative ions in the Enceladus plume

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 618-622

  Coates, A J ^a,b   Jones, G H ^a,b   Lewis, G R ^a,b   Wellbrock, A ^a,b   Young, D T ^c   Crary, F J ^c   Johnson, R E ^d   Cassidy, T A ^d   Hill, T W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeronomy; Atmospheres, composition; Enceladus; Ionospheres; Saturn, magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649238374     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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