Magnetic fields at the solar wind termination shock

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7200, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Burlaga, L F ^a   Ness, N F ^b   Acua M H ^a   Lepping, R P ^a   Connerney, J E P ^a   Richardson, J D ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR WIND; TELEMETRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; WIND;

EID: 46449136332     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07029     Document Type: Article

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