Distortion of the heliospheric plasma sheet by interplanetary shocks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2521-2524

  Odstrcil D ^a   Smith, Z ^b,c   Dryer, M ^b,c  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SHOCK WAVES; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

FIELD LINES; FINITE THICKNESS; HELIOSPHERIC CURRENT SHEET; HELIOSPHERIC PLASMA; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS; MUTUAL INTERACTION; VELOCITY PULSE;

SOLAR SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

HELIOSPHERIC PLASMA SHEET; INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS; MHD MODEL;

EID: 0030245377     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00159     Document Type: Article

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