On the feasibility of a negative polarity electric sail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1439-1447

  Janhunen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

General or miscellaneous (new fields (not classifiable under other headings)); Interplanetary physics (instruments and techniques); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRON; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 70449530195     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1439-2009     Document Type: Article

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