Martian magnetic morphology: Contributions from the solar wind and crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Brain, D A ^a   Bagenal, F ^a   Acuna M H ^b   Connerney, J E P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal magnetism; Magnetic field topology; Mars; Mars global surveyor; Solar wind interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649098687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009482     Document Type: Article

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