Comparative study of bow shock models using Wind and Geotail observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Dmitriev, A V ^a,c   Chao, J K ^a   Wu, D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bow shock; Magnetopause; Magnetosheath

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744973390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010027     Document Type: Article

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