Origins of Jupiter's main oval auroral emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Cowley, S W H ^a   Bunce, E J ^a   Nichols, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Jovian auroras; Jovian magnetosphere; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905350656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009329     Document Type: Review

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