IMP 8 observations of traveling compression regions in the mid-tail near substorm expansion phase onset

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-356

  Taguchi, S ^a,b   Slavin, J A ^a   Lepping, R P ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; PLASMAS;

COMPRESSION REGIONS; EXPANSION PHASE; FIELD DRAPING; IMP-8 OBSERVATIONS; LARGE DATASETS; POSITIVE VALUE; SUBSTORM EXPANSION; TRAVELING COMPRESSION REGIONS;

DATA COMPRESSION; GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; LOBE MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRAVELLING COMPRESSION REGIONS (TCR);

EID: 0031069587     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00121     Document Type: Article

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