Alfvén wings at Earth's magnetosphere under strong interplanetary magnetic fields

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 533-542

  Ridley, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; GANYMEDE; IO; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33947180911     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-533-2007     Document Type: Article

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