Measurements of polytropic index in the January 10-11, 1997 magnetic cloud observed by WIND

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3003-3006

  Osherovich, Vladimir A ^a   Fainberg, J ^a,b   Stone, R G ^a,b   Fitzenreiter, R ^a,b   Vinas A F ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics Code 692 Building 2   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; WIND; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC CLOUDS; POLYTROPIC INDEX; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC CLOUDS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUMBER DENSITY; SELF SIMILAR MODEL; SELF-SIMILAR;

EID: 0032137114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00547     Document Type: Article

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