Rosetta swing-by at Mars - An analysis of the ROMAP measurements in comparison with results of 3-D multi-ion hybrid simulations and MEX/ASPERA-3 data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2383-2398

  Boesswetter, A ^a   Auster, U ^a   Richter, I ^a   Franz M ^c   Langlais, B ^d   McKenna Lawlor, S ^e   Simon, S ^a   Motschmann, U ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^a   Edberg, N J T ^f   Lundin, R ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Planetary bow shocks); Magnetospheric physics (Plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (Kinetic and MHD theory)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MARS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 73449092968     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2383-2009     Document Type: Article

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