Magnetic field orientation effects on the standoff distance of Earth's bow shock

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2883-2886

  Cairns, Iver H ^a   Lyon, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETS; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR RADIATION; LOCATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

EARTH'S BOW SHOCK; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ALFVEN MACH NUMBER; EARTH'S BOW SHOCK; GLOBAL MHD SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD ORIENTATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; SHOCK LOCATION; SOLAR WIND FLOW; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD);

EID: 0030260887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02755     Document Type: Article

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