Origin of some anisotropic tailward flows in the plasma sheet

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1559-1575

  Wanliss, J A ^a   Sydora, R D ^a   Rostoker, G ^a   Rankin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics); Space plasma physics (charge particle motion and acceleration; numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0036825601     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1559-2002     Document Type: Article

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