MESSENGER observations of Mercury's magnetosphere during northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Slavin, James A ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^b   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^c   Baker, Daniel N ^d   Krimigis, Stamatios M ^b,e   Acuña, Mario H ^a   Benna, Mehdi ^a   Boardsen, Scott A ^a   Gloeckler, George ^c,f   Gold, Robert E ^b   Ho, George C ^b   Korth, Haje ^b   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^b   Raines, Jim M ^c   Sarantos, Menelaos ^a   Sehriver, David ^g   Solomon, Sean C ^h   Trávníček, Pavel ⁱ  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLAR WIND;

CURRENT SHEETS; HELMHOLTZ; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSHEATH; NORTHWARD IMF; PICK-UP IONS; PLASMA SHEETS; TANGENTIAL DISCONTINUITIES;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANET; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 62749127276     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036158     Document Type: Article

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