Solar wind polyt̀ropic index in the vicinity of stream interactions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1431-1434

  Newbury, J A ^a,b   Russell, C T ^a,b   Lindsay, G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SUN; ADIABATIC ENGINES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

SOLAR WIND POLYTROPIC INDEX; STREAM INTERACTIONS;

PLASMA WAVES; SOLAR WIND;

ADIABATIC COMPRESSION; BLANKET APPLICATION; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; INHOMOGENEITIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SUPERPOSED-EPOCH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031170043     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01204     Document Type: Article

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