Composition of the plasmasphere and implications for refilling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Sandel, Bill R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMASPHERE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TYPICAL VALUES;

CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON DENSITY; HELIUM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 79960810606     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048022     Document Type: Article

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