Outer Magnetospheric Boundaries: Cluster Results

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Paschmann, G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schwartz, S. J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Escoubet, C. P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Haaland, S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Σειρά: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 20
• Θέματα: Physics.; Geophysics.; Planetology.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

When the stream of plasma emitted from the Sun (the solar wind) encounters Earth's magnetic field, it slows down and flows around it, leaving behind a cavity, the magnetosphere. The magnetopause is the surface that separates the solar wind on the outside from the Earth's magnetic field on...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Solar Wind, Foreshock, Magnetosheath
• The Near-Earth Solar Wind
• The Foreshock
• The Magnetosheath
• The Bow Shock
• Cluster at the Bow Shock: Introduction
• Quasi-perpendicular Shock Structure and Processes
• Quasi-parallel Shock Structure and Processes
• Cluster at the Bow Shock: Status and Outlook
• Magnetopause and CUSP
• Magnetopause and Boundary Layer
• Cluster at the Magnetospheric Cusps
• Magnetopause Processes.