Effects of decreasing ionospheric pressure on the solar wind interaction with non-magnetized planets

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-268

  Tanaka, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETOLOGY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031712844     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352112     Document Type: Article

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