Capture of magnetosheath plasma by the magnetosphere during northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2833-2836

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Cowley, S W H ^c   Denig, W F ^d   Lester, M ^c   Moen, J ^e   Lybekk, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PLASMA SHEATHS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPACECRAFT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AURORAS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS (IMF); MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMAS;

RADIATION BELTS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

AURORAL EMISSION; AURORAL LATITUDES; GROUND STATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MAGNETOSPHERIC FIELD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

EID: 0033568905     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900600     Document Type: Article

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