Title
Overview
Bow Shock Theories
GD Shock
Magnetosheath Thickness
Spreiter's GD Shock
GD Models
Formisano's Model
Nemecek and Safrankova's Model
Peredo et al. Model
Farris and Russell's Model
MHD Theory
Cairns and Lyon's Model
Data Set
IMP 8 Orbit
IMP 8 BS Crossings
Coordinates
BS Models' Properties
Method of Analysis
Results: IMF Dependence
Results: Plasma Parameters Dependences
Results: Angular Dependences
Distant SW Monitor
Field-aligned SW Flow
Bow Shocks for Field-aligned SW Flow
Summary
Author: Jan Merka
E-mail: jan.merka@gsfc.nasa.gov
Further information: Invited talk presented at 11th Week of Doctoral Students, June 11-14, 2002, Prague, Czech Republic.