Plasma pressure in Mercury's equatorial magnetosphere derived from MESSENGER Magnetometer observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Korth, Haje ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^a   Raines, Jim M ^b   Slavin, James A ^b   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^b   Johnson, Catherine L ^c,d   Purucker, Michael E ^e   Winslow, Reka M ^c   Solomon, Sean C ^f   McNutt, Ralph L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA SHEATHS;

DIPOLE MAGNETIC FIELDS; DIPOLE MODEL; DRIFT VELOCITIES; FAST IMAGING; HIGH LATITUDES; LOCAL TIME; MAGNETIC FIELD MAGNITUDES; MAGNETOSPHERIC MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAILS; MERCURY SURFACE; PLASMA DISTRIBUTION; PLASMA PRESSURES; PLASMA SHEET; PRESSURE BALANCE; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNITUDE; MERCURY (PLANET); OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 81755166591     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049451     Document Type: Article

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