Traversal of the nightside magnetosphere at 10 to 15 Re during northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 939-942

  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

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA WAVES; SOLAR RADIATION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE; LARGE AMPLITUDE OSCILLATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETOTAILS; MIRROR MODE WAVES; NEUTRAL SHEETS; NORTHWARD IMF;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0031118543     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00219     Document Type: Article

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