Three-dimensional, multispecies, high spatial resolution MHD studies of the solar wind interaction with Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A7, 2004, Pages

  Ma, Yingjuan ^a   Nagy, Andrew F ^a   Sokolov, Igor V ^a   Hansen, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bow shock; Ionosphere; Mars; MHD; Solar wind interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543025647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010367     Document Type: Article

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