Titan's Interaction with Saturn's Magnetosphere
Document Type
Book Chapter
Department or Administrative Unit
Physics
Publication Date
10-1-2016
Abstract
Cassini's suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments has sampled Titan's atmosphere and ionosphere during more than 100 close flybys spanning the years from 2004 to 2015. Even with this large number of samples, the coverage in the multitude of geospatial, magnetospheric, solar, and seasonal configurations is rather sparse resulting in an incomplete understanding of the coupling between the complex atmosphere and ionosphere of Titan and Saturn's corotational magnetospheric plasma. This paper reviews the Cassini observations from multiple instruments at Titan to piece together a cohesive picture of the interaction between Saturn's magnetosphere and Titan's ionosphere and thermosphere as it is currently understood.
Recommended Citation
Westlake, J. H., Cravens, T. E., Johnson, R. E., Ledvina, S. A., Luhmann, J. G., Mitchell, D. G., Richard, M. S., Sillanpää, I., Simon, S., Snowden, D., Waite, J. H., & Woodson, A. K. (2016). Titan’s Interaction with Saturn’s Magnetosphere. In C. R. Chappell, R. W. Schunk, P. M. Banks, J. L. Burch, & R. M. Thorne (Eds.), Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System (pp. 291–305). American Geophysical Union and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119066880.ch23
Rights
© 2017 by the American Geophysical Union.
Comments
This book chapter was originally published in Magnetosphere‐Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System. The chapter from the publisher can be found here.
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