MHD model of magnetosheath flow: Comparison with AMPTE/IRM observations on 24 October, 1985

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 518-527

  Farrugia, C J ^a   Biernat, H K ^b   Erkaev, N V ^c   Kistler, L M ^a   Le, G ^d   Russell, C T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma depletion layer; Stagnation line flow; Steady state magnetosheath

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347984292     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0518-7     Document Type: Review

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