Momentum transfer at the high-latitude magnetopause and boundary layers

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2449-2458

  Lund, E J ^a   Farrugia, C J ^a   Sandholt, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 49549124498     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2449-2008     Document Type: Article

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