Strong interplanetary field enhancements at Ulysses - Evidence of dust trails' interaction with the solar wind?

Icarus

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-310

  Jones, Geraint H ^a,d   Balogh, André ^a   McComas, David J ^b   MacDowall, Robert J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Interplanetary dust; Interplanetary medium; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346973259     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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