A proxy for determining solar wind dynamic pressure at Mars using Mars Global Surveyor data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Crider, Dana H ^a,g   Vignes, Didier ^b   Krymskii, Alexander M ^c   Breus, Tamara K ^d   Ness, Norman F ^e   Mitchell, David L ^f   Slavin, James A ^b   Acuña, Mario H ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mail Code 695 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic pileup boundary; Magnetic pileup region; Mars global surveyor; Solar wind dynamic pressure; Venus magnetic barrier

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543004014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009875     Document Type: Article

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