Electrostatic solitary structures associated with the November 10, 2003, interplanetary shock at 8.7 AU

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Williams, John D ^a   Chen, L J ^a   Kurth, W S ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Dougherty, M K ^b   Rymer, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROSTATIC SOLITARY WAVES; INTERPLANETARY SHOCK; MAGNETIC FIELD ROTATION; SOLAR FLARE; SOLITARY STRUCTURES;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 27544497277     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023079     Document Type: Article

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