The structure and time variability of the ring atmosphere and ionosphere

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-389

  Tseng, W L ^a   Ip, W H ^a   Johnson, R E ^b   Cassidy, T A ^b   Elrod, M K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Magnetosphere; Rings; Saturn

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649239188     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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