Modelling signatures of pulsed magnetopause reconnection in cusp ion dispersion signatures seen at middle altitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-594

  Lockwood, M ^a   Davis, C J ^a   Onsager, T G ^b   Scudder, J D ^c  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES;

ION DISPERSION; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MAGNETOSPHERE MODEL; MIDDLE ALTITUDES; POLAR SATELLITES; RECONNECTION RATE; RECONNECTION SITES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CUSP ION DISPERSION SIGNATURES; PULSED MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION SIGNATURES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

EID: 0032028987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00185     Document Type: Article

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