Real-time 3-D hybrid simulation of Titan's plasma interaction during a solar wind excursion

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3349-3365

  Simon, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Kinetic and MHD theory)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOON; PLASMA; REAL TIME; SATURN; SOLAR WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TITAN;

EID: 70449643571     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3349-2009     Document Type: Article

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