Properties of the termination shock observed by voyager 2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Li, H ^a,b   Wang, C ^a   Richardson, J D ^c  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND;

BEST FITS; DENSITY RATIOS; HELIOSHEATH; MONTE-CARLO METHODS; PICKUP IONS; RADIAL DIRECTIONS; SECOND CROSSINGS; SHOCK FRONTS; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURES; SOLAR WIND ENERGIES; TERMINATION SHOCKS; VARIATIONS OF;

WIND POWER;

IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 57749171733     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034869     Document Type: Article

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