Numerical modeling of the magnetic topology near Mars auroral observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Liemohn, M W ^a   Ma, Y ^b   Nagy, A F ^a   Kozyra, J U ^a   Winningham, J D ^c   Frahm, R A ^c   Sharber, J R ^c   Barabash, S ^d   Lundin, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Swedish Institute of Physics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOELECTRONS; TOPOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PHOTOELECTRONS; AURORAL-LIKE EMISSIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY; MARS MAGNETIC FIELD;

PLANETS;

AURORA; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 39549117812     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031806     Document Type: Article

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