Observations of density fluctuations in earth's magnetosheath with geotail and wind spacecraft

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 959-962

  Seon, J ^b   Park, S M ^b   Min, K W ^b   Frank, L A ^a   Paterson, W R ^a   Ogilvie, K W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND;

DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; EARTH MAGNETOSHEATH; GEOTAIL; PLASMA DEPLETION; TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY; WIND SPACECRAFT;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

DENSITY FLUCTUATION; DEPLETION LAYER; EARTH'S BOW SHOCK; LARGE AMPLITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; SOLAR WIND PLASMAS; TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY; WIND SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033117613     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900131     Document Type: Article

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