Moon-solar wind interaction: First results from the WIND/3DP experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1259-1262

  Bosqued, J M ^a   Lormant, N ^a   Reme H ^a   D'Uston, C ^a   Lin, R P ^b   Anderson, K A ^b   Carlson, C W ^b   Ergun, R E ^b   Larson, D ^b   McFadden, J ^b   McCarthy, M P ^c   Parks, G K ^c   Sanderson, T R ^d   Wenzel, K P ^d  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MOON; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS; SUN; SUPERSONIC FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETISM; PLASMA DEVICES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC SHIELDING EFFECTS; MOON SOLAR WIND INTERACTION; PLASMA UMBRA;

ASTROPHYSICS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

ELECTRON AND ION DENSITIES; FLUID DESCRIPTION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD MAGNITUDES; MAGNETIC SHIELDING EFFECTS; MEDIUM-ENERGY ELECTRON; SOLAR WIND INTERACTIONS;

UMBRA;

EID: 16144366367     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00303     Document Type: Article

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