Magnetic field draping enhancement at the Martian magnetic pileup boundary from Mars global surveyor observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bertucci, C ^a   Mazelle, C ^a   Crider, D H ^b   Vignes, D ^b   Acuna, M H ^b   Mitchell, D L ^c   Lin, R P ^c   Connerney, J E P ^b   Reme H ^a   Cloutier, P A ^d   Ness, N F ^e   Winterhalter, D ^f  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOMETERS; SURVEYING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC PILEUP BOUNDARY (MPB); BOW SHOCKS; MAGNETIC BARRIERS; MAGNETIC PILEUP BOUNDARY; MAGNETIC SOURCES; MAGNETIC-FIELD GEOMETRY; MAGNETOTAILS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; PLASMA BOUNDARY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

VENUSIA;

EID: 0038265537     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015713     Document Type: Article

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