Variability of the altitude of the Martian sheath

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Brain, D A ^a   Halekas, J S ^a   Lillis, R ^a   Mitchell, D L ^a   Lin, R P ^a   Crider, D H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRONS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS); MARTIAN SHEATH;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; MARS;

EID: 27744588012     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023126     Document Type: Article

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