Low-degree structure in Mercury's planetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Anderson, Brian J ^a   Johnson, Catherine L ^b,c   Korth, Haje ^a   Winslow, Reka M ^b   Borovsky, Joseph E ^d   Purucker, Michael E ^e   Slavin, James A ^f   Solomon, Sean C ^g,h   Zuber, Maria T ⁱ   McNutt, Ralph L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Center for Exoplanetary Systems   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; MERCURY (PLANET); OUTER CORE;

EID: 84870942734     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004159     Document Type: Article

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