Access of solar wind electrons into the Martian magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3511-3524

  Dubinin, E M ^a   Fraenz, M ^a   Woch, J ^a   Roussos, E ^a   Winningham, J D ^b   Frahm, R A ^b   Coates, A ^c   Leblanc, F ^d   Lundin, R ^e   Barabash, S ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; MARS; PLASMA; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR WIND;

EID: 56149124810     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3511-2008     Document Type: Article

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