Bifurcated cusp ion signatures: Evidence for re- Reconnection?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1471-1474

  Fuselier, S A ^a   Shelley, E G ^a   Peterson, W K ^a   Lennartsson, O W ^a   Collin, H L ^a   Drake, J F ^a   Ghielmetti, A G ^a   Balsiger, H ^b   Burch, J L ^c   Johnstone, A ^d   Rosenbauer, H ^e   Steinberg, J T ^f  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITES; SPECTROGRAPHS;

HIGH-ENERGY COMPONENTS; ION COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; LOW-ENERGY COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CUSPS; MAGNETOSPHERIC FIELD; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS;

MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ION COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0031162462     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01325     Document Type: Article

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