Entry of the POLAR spacecraft into the polar cusp under northward IMF conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3015-3018

  Russell, C T ^a   Fedder, J A ^b   Slinker, S P ^c   Zhou, X W ^a,h   Le, G ^a,h   Luhmann, J G ^d   Fenrich, F R ^d   Chandler, M O ^e   Moore, T E ^f   Fuselier, S A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; PRESSURE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAR CUSP; POLAR SPACECRAFT; SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOPLASMA;

FIELD LINES; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSHEATHS; NORTHWARD IMF; PLASMA ENERGY; PLASMA INSTRUMENTATION; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE;

EID: 0032140282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00355     Document Type: Article

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