How the magnetopause transition parameter works

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-376

  Lockwood, M ^a   Hapgood, M A ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ITS APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; RESOLVING AMBIGUITIES; SATELLITE DATA; SIMPLE MODELING; STRUCTURE AND MOTIONS; TRANSITION PARAMETER;

MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETOPAUSE TRANSITION PARAMETER;

EID: 0031070602     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00120     Document Type: Article

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