Magnetic field fluctuations across the Earth's bow shock

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-287

  Czaykowska, A ^a   Bauer, T M ^a   Treumann, R A ^a,b,c   Baumjohann, W ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Ctr for Interdisc Plasma Science   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Osterreichischen Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (plasma waves and turbulence); Magnetospheric physics magnetosheath; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637122     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-275-2001     Document Type: Article

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