Cluster observes the Earth's magnetopause: Coordinated four-point magnetic field measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART I, 2001, Pages 1449-1460

  Dunlop, M W ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Cargill, P ^a   Elphic, R C ^b   Fornacon K H ^c   Georgescu, E ^d   Sedgemore Schulthess, F ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers); Space plasma physics (discontinuities; magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0035719701     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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