Plasma and magnetic field structure of a slow shock: Wind observations in interplanetary space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2625-2628

  Whang, Y C ^a,d   Larson, D ^b   Lin, R P ^b   Lepping, R P ^c   Szabo, A ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Catholic University of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; SOLAR SYSTEM;

INTERPLANETARY SPACE; SLOW SHOCK;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

FRAME OF REFERENCE; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; ION INERTIAL LENGTH; JUMP CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; MAGNETIC FIELD VECTORS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0032118135     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02043     Document Type: Article

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