3D multi-fluid MHD studies of the solar wind interaction with Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2689-2692

  Liu, Yifan ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Groth, Clinton P T ^a   DeZeeuw, Darren L ^a   Gombosi, Tamas I ^a   Powell, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLANETS; PROTONS; SOLAR RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND;

MARS; SOLAR WIND INTERACTION; BOW SHOCKS; INTERACTION PROCESS; MASS LOADINGS; MHD MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI-FLUIDS; REASONABLE LOCATION; SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS;

WIND; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MARS; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0033378409     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900584     Document Type: Article

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