Particle pressure, inertial force, and ring current density profiles in the magnetosphere of Saturn, based on Cassini measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sergis, N ^a   Krimigis, S M ^a,b   Roelof, E C ^b   Arridge, C S ^c,i   Rymer, A M ^b   Mitchell, D G ^b   Hamilton, D C ^d   Krupp, N ^e   Thomsen, M F ^f   Dougherty, M K ^g   Coates, A J ^c,i   Young, D T ^h  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; PLANETS; SPACE OPTICS;

AZIMUTHAL CURRENT; CASSINI MAGNETOMETER; CASSINI PLASMA SPECTROMETER; CASSINI SPACECRAFT; MAGNETOSPHERIC IMAGING INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE PRESSURE; PRESSURE COMPONENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 77955569217     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041920     Document Type: Article

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