Proton temperature anisotropy in the magnetosheath: Comparison of 3-D MHD modelling with Cluster data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1157-1173

  Samsonov, A A ^a   Alexandrova, O ^b   Lacombe, C ^b   Maksimovic, M ^b   Gary, S P ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SOLAR WIND; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34250181388     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1157-2007     Document Type: Article

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