Solar wind plasma protrusion into the martian magnetosphere: ASPERA-3 observations

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-349

  Dubinin, E ^a   Winningham, D ^b   Franz M ^a   Woch, J ^a   Lundin, R ^c   Barabash, S ^c   Fedorov, A ^d   Frahm, R ^b   Sharber, J R ^b   Coates, A J ^e   Krupp, N ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^d   Holmstrom M ^c   Andersson, H ^c   Yamauchi, M ^c   Grigoriev, A ^c   Thocaven, J J ^d   Asamura, K ^f   Curtis, C ^g   Hsieh, K S ^g   Sandel, B ^g   Koskinen, H ^h   Kallio, E ⁱ   Riihela P ⁱ   Schmidt, W ⁱ   Sales T ⁱ   Kozyra, J ^j   Luhmann, J ^k   McKenna Lawler, S ^l   Cerulli Irelli, R ^m   Orsini, S ^m   Maggi, M ^m   Roelof, E ⁿ   Williams, D ⁿ   Livi, S ⁿ   Wurz, P ^o   Bochsler, P ^o   Dierker, C ^p   Grande, M ^q   Carter, M ^q   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^m INAF   (Italy)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^p TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^q RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Magnetospheres; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747361027     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.08.023     Document Type: Article

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