Interplanetary rotational discontinuities: From the solar wind to the magnetosphere through the magnetosheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3149-3152

  Hubert, D ^a   Harvey, C C ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; EARTH ROTATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERSONIC FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR WIND;

INTERPLANETARY ROTATIONAL DISCONTINUITIES; MAGNETOSHEATH; SOLAR WIND; TRANSIENT DENSITY EVENT; BOW SHOCKS; FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS; LARGE AMOUNTS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; PENETRATION PROCESS; SINGLE STRUCTURE; TRANSIENT DENSITY;

MAGNETOSPHERE; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033625926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL003776     Document Type: Article

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