First Cluster results of the magnetic field structure of the mid- and high-altitude cusps

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1533-1543

  Cargill, P J ^a   Dunlop, M W ^a   Balogh, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (current systems; magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers); Space plasma physics (discontinuities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0035719171     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1533-2001     Document Type: Article

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