Saturation of IMF Bz influence on the position of dayside magnetopause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A3, 2003, Pages

  Yang, Y H ^a   Chao, J K ^a   Dmitriev, A V ^a   Lin, C H ^b,d   Ober, D M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^d CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Encounter; Geosynchronous orbit; Magnetopause; Magnetosheath; Saturation; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644422772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009621     Document Type: Article

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