Two-dimensional structure of the co-planar and non-coplanar magnetopause during reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1235-1238

  Krauss Varban, D ^a,b   Karimabadi, H ^a,b   Omidi, N ^a,b,c  

^a SciberNet Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPLANAR MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH; NON COPLANAR MAGNETOPAUSE; RECONNECTION; HYBRID SIMULATION; INTERMEDIATE SHOCKS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; PLASMA QUANTITIES; RANKINE-HUGONIOT CONDITION; TRANSITION LAYERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; MAGNETOPAUSE;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033134302     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900211     Document Type: Article

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