Geotail observations of ion velocity distributions with multi-beam structures in the post-plasmoid current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2247-2250

  Tu, J N ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Hoshino, M ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Matsuno, Y ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b   Kokubun, S ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY;

GEOTAIL LOW ENERGY PARTICLE ENERGY ANALYZER; ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POST PLASMOID CURRENT SHEET;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0031233003     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02113     Document Type: Article

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