Response of the near-Earth magnetotail to a northward turning of the IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 943-946

  Nishida, A ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Kokubun, S ^b   Lepping, R P ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA SHEATHS; VELOCITY;

DAWN TO DUSK ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXPANSION PHASE; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL; NEAR-EARTH PLASMAS; NORTHWARD IMF; SUBSTORM EXPANSION; SUBSTORM ONSET; WIND SPACECRAFT;

PLASMA SHEATHS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 0031117344     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00220     Document Type: Article

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