Motion of the dipolarization front during a flow burst event observed by Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Bogdanova, Y ^b   Balogh, A ^c   Reme H ^d   Bosqued, J M ^d   Dandouras, I ^d   Sauvaud, J A ^d   Glassmeier, K H ^e   Kistler, L ^f   Mouikis, C ^f   Zhang, T L ^a   Eichelberger, H ^a   Runov, A ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

DIPOLARIZATION; DIRECTED FLOW; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH SPEED FLOWS; MAGNETOTAILS; MOVING OBSTACLES; PLASMA BUBBLE; SPACECRAFT DATA;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0037110250     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015763     Document Type: Article

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