2.5-D fluid simulations of the solar wind interacting with multiple dipoles on the surface of the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Harnett, Erika M ^a   Winglee, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic anomalies; MHD; Mini magnetospheres; Moon; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4143085197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009617     Document Type: Article

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