Investigation of the outer and inner low-latitude boundary layers

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1065-1088

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Ctr for Interdisc Plasma Science   (Germany)

^c Osterreichischen Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layer: magnetospheath)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035646373     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1065-2001     Document Type: Article

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