A comparison of global models for the solar wind interaction with Mars

Icarus

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-151

  Brain, D ^a   Barabash, S ^b   Boesswetter, A ^c   Bougher, S ^d   Brecht, S ^e   Chanteur, G ^f   Hurley, D ^g   Dubinin, E ^h   Fang, X ⁱ   Fraenz, M ^h   Halekas, J ^a   Harnett, E ^j   Holmstrom, M ^b   Kallio, E ^k   Lammer, H ^l   Ledvina, S ^a   Liemohn, M ^d   Liu, K ^k   Luhmann, J ^a   Ma, Y ^m   Modolo, R ^b,n   Nagy, A ^d   Motschmann, U ^c   Nilsson, H ^b   Shinagawa, H ^o,p   Simon, S ^q   Terada, N ^o,p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Bay Area Research Corporation   (United States)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^p JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Evolution; Ionospheres; Mars; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149118396     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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