Global distribution, structure, and solar wind control of low altitude current sheets at Mars

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-73

  Halekas, J S ^a   Brain, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheres; Magnetospheres; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949097037     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.032     Document Type: Article

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