Plasma depletion layer: Magnetosheath flow structure and forces

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1001-1017

  Wang, Y L ^a   Raeder, J ^a   Russell, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetosheath; Magnetospheric physics; Numerical simulations studies; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions; Space plasma physics

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1942538449     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1001-2004     Document Type: Article

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