First identification of mirror mode waves in Venus' magnetosheath?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Volwerk, Martin ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Delva, M ^a   Voros Z ^b   Baumjohann, W ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^c  

^a Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; WIND EFFECTS; MIRRORS;

MAGNETOSHEATH; BOW SHOCKS; COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MIRROR MODE WAVES; MOST LIKELY; SOLAR WIND PRESSURE; VENUS EXPRESS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOPAUSE; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; VENUS;

VENUSIA;

EID: 49849092093     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033621     Document Type: Article

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