The influence of the interplanetary magnetic field on the entry of solar wind ions into the magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Peroomian, Vahé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOPAUSE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR WIND; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; OPEN FIELD LINES; PARTICLE ORBIT; SOLAR-WIND IONS; TIME DEPENDENT;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0141706746     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016627     Document Type: Article

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