Simultaneous observations of solar wind plasma entry from FAST and POLAR

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2081-2084

  Peterson, W K ^a   Tung, Y K ^b   Carlson, C W ^b   Clemmons, J H ^c   Collin, H L ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Fuselier, S A ^a   Kletzing, C A ^d   Klumpar, D M ^a   Lennartsson, O W ^a   Lepping, R P ^e   Maynard, N C ^f,k   McFadden, J P ^b   Onsager, T G ^g   Peria, W J ^b   Russell, C T ^h   Shelley, E G ^a   Tang, L ^i,l   Wygant, J ^j  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Mission Research Crop   (United States)

^g NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k Mission Research   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITES; SOLAR WIND PLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 0032096264     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00668     Document Type: Article

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