The influence of a mini-magnetopause on the magnetic pileup boundary at Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Harnett, E M ^a   Winglee, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOPAUSE;

MAGNETIC PILEUP BOUNDARY (MPB); MAGNETOPAUSE; BOW SHOCKS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC FIELD ORIENTATIONS; MAGNETIC PILEUP BOUNDARY; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MHD SIMULATION; NON IDEALS;

SPACE RESEARCH; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 1242300059     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017852     Document Type: Article

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