Magnetic field draping enhancement at Venus: Evidence for a magnetic pileup boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Bertucci, C ^a   Mazelle, C ^a   Slavin, J A ^b   Russell, C T ^c   Acuna, M H ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS;

SOLAR WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

GEODYNAMO; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; VENUS;

EID: 0347478121     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017271     Document Type: Article

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