Magnetosheath variations during the storm main phase on 20 November 2003: Evidence for solar wind density control of energy transfer to the magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kataoka, Ryuho ^a,b   Fairfield, D H ^a   Sibeck, D G ^a   Rastatter L ^a   Fok, M C ^a   Nagatsuma, T ^b   Ebihara, Y ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY TRANSFER; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SUN;

MACH NUMBER CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC CLOUDS; MAGNETOSHEATH VARIATIONS; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETISM;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 29344440811     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024495     Document Type: Article

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