Positive density gradients at the magnetopause: Interpretation in the framework of the impulsive penetration mechanism

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2019-2028

  Echim, Marius M ^a   Lemaire, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetopause; Magnetosphere; Plasmoid; Solar wind; Weak double layers

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA;

EID: 0036883692     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00229-8     Document Type: Article

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