A two-dimensional Alfvén wave - Driven solar wind model with proton temperature anisotropy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A7, 2004, Pages

  Li, Bo ^a   Li, Xing ^a   Hu, You Qiu ^b   Habbal, Shadia R ^a,c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D MHD solar wind model; Alfv n wave driven solar wind; Proton temperature anisotropy; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549121855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010313     Document Type: Article

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