Boundary layer formation in the magnetotail: Geotail observations and comparisons with a global MHD simulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 951-954

  Raeder, J ^a,f   Berchem, J ^a   Ashour Abdalla, M ^a   Frank, L A ^b   Paterson, W R ^b   Ackerson, K L ^b   Kokubun, S ^c   Yamamoto, T ^d   Slavin, J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLAR RADIATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

BOUNDARY LAYER FORMATION; GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL MHD SIMULATION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0031118709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00218     Document Type: Article

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