MESSENGER observations of a flux-transfer-event shower at Mercury

Journal of Geophysical Research A: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Slavin, James A ^a   Imber, Suzanne M ^a,b   Boardsen, Scott A ^c,d   Di Braccio, Gina A ^a   Sundberg, Torbjorn ^c   Sarantos, Menelaos ^c,d   Nieves Chinchilla, Teresa ^c,d   Szabo, Adam ^c   Anderson, Brian J ^e   Korth, Haje ^e   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^a   Raines, Jim M ^a   Johnson, Catherine L ^f,g   Winslow, Reka M ^f   Killen, Rosemary M ^c   McNutt, Ralph L ^e   Solomon, Sean C ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

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EID: 84868360161     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017926     Document Type: Article

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