Energetics of Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Richard, M S ^a   Cravens, T E ^a   Robertson, I P ^a   Waite, J H ^b   Wahlund, J E ^c   Crary, F J ^b   Coates, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052980245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016603     Document Type: Article

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