Plasma sheet beyond the distant neutral line

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4055-4058

  Nishida, A ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Kokubun, S ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT;

DISTANT NEUTRAL LINE; PLASMA SHEET;

GEOMAGNETISM;

PLASMA;

EID: 0032216080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02601     Document Type: Article

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