A comparison of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities at the Martian ionopause

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2049-2056

  Penz, T ^a,b   Arshukova, I L ^c   Terada, N ^d   Shinagawa, H ^d   Erkaev, N V ^c   Biernat, H K ^a,b   Lammer, H ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric loss; Instabilities; Magnetohydrodynamics; Mars

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLANETS; PLASMAS;

CRUSTAL MAGNETISM; MHD SIMULATION; PLASMA CLOUDS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 27644530688     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.11.039     Document Type: Article

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