The nature of the martian "obstacle boundary"

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1633-1637

  Sauer, K ^a   Dubinin, E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HEAVY IONS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; PLASMAS; PROTONS;

BI-ION FLUID MODEL; MAGNETIC PILE UP BOUNDARY; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; OBSTACLE BOUNDARY; PHOBOS-2; SINGLE INSTRUMENT ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0033707343     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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