The polar cusp location and its dependence on dipole tilt

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-432

  Zhou, X W ^a,d   Russell, C T ^a,d   Le, G ^a,d   Fuselier, S A ^b   Scudder, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHEATHS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

POLAR CUSPS;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

DIPOLE TILT ANGLE; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETOSHEATH-LIKE PLASMA; MEDIAN VALUE; POLAR CUSP;

EID: 0033082709     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900312     Document Type: Article

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