Numerical modelling of solar wind flow about nonaxisymmetric magnetospheres: Planets Jupiter and Saturn

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-213

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0042732890     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00535-8     Document Type: Article

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