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Karmesin et al. 1995
Karmesin, S.R., Liewer, P.C. and Brackbill, J.U. (1995). Motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 Year variation in the solar wind. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL00603. issn: 0094-8276.

A two-dimensional hydrodynamic numerical model has been used to study the motion of the termination shock in response to an 11 year variation in the solar wind ram pressure. We find that for a total variation in the ram pressure by a factor of 2, a termination shock at 89 AU moves inward and outward about ¿8% of its distance with a typical velocity of 12 km/sec. This movement may be understood in terms of the various time scales associated with the repsonse of the termination shock and heliopause to variations in the solar wind ram pressure. ¿American Geophysical Union 1995

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Interplanetary Physics, Heliopause and solar wind termination, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Interplanetary Physics, General or miscellaneous, Interplanetary Physics, Solar cycle variations
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Geophysical Research Letters
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