On the occurrence of magnetic enhancements caused by solar wind interaction with lunar crustal fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Halekas, J S ^a   Brain, D A ^a   Mitchell, D L ^a   Lin, R P ^a   Harrison, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROTONS; WIND;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; LUNAR CRUSTAL FIELDS; MAGNETIC ENHANCEMENTS; PROTON GYRORADIUS; SOLAR WIND INTERACTION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LUNAR CRUST; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33745455736     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025931     Document Type: Article

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