Observations of the cusp region under northward IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1641-1653

  Pitout, F ^a,b   Bosqued, J M ^b   Alcayde D ^b   Denig, W F ^c   Reme H ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; plasma convection) Ionosphere (polar ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0035719218     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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