Shock wave interaction with the magnetopause

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 219-226

  Wu, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetopause; MHD; Richtmyer Meshkov instability; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUID FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 0142122828     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025588125794     Document Type: Conference Paper

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