Three-dimensional MHD simulations of the magnetosphere of Uranus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Tóth, Gábor ^a,b   Kovács, Daniel ^a   Hansen, Kenneth C ^b   Gombosi, Tamas I ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheres; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Numerical modeling; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748595508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010406     Document Type: Article

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