Jupiter: A fundamentally different magnetospheric interaction with the solar wind

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  McComas, D J ^a   Bagenal, F ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

JUPITER; MAGNETOSPHERIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERIC INTERACTION; MAGNETOTAIL;

PLANETS;

JUPITER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 37349119317     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031078     Document Type: Article

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