MHD effects in the Venus magnetosheath

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1587-1591

  Biernat, H K ^a   Erkaev, N V ^b   Farrugia, C J ^c  

^a Österreichische Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GAS DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLANETS; PLASMAS; SPACE RESEARCH; WIND;

ALFVEN MACH NUMBER; IONOPAUSE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH; SOLAR WIND; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; VENUS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033690212     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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