
linkedin post 2020-12-11 05:04:09
SHOCK WAVE. “As the solar wind flow past the magnetosphere is both supersonic and super-Alfvénic, a bow shock is formed upstream of the magnetopause, and the flow is decelerated within the magnetosheath between the shock and the magnetopause.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942/lrsp-2007-1 View in LinkedIn