The magnetic field in the pile-up region at Mars, and its variation with the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Vennerstrom, S ^a   Olsen, N ^a   Purucker, M ^b   Acuna, M H ^b   Cain, J C ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITES; MAGNETISM; SOLAR WIND;

PLANETARY IONS; CRUSTAL ANOMALIES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PRESSURE; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR SATELLITES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; WIND MEASUREMENT;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PILES;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0141762407     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016883     Document Type: Article

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