Filling and emptying of the plasma sheet: Remote observations with 1-70 keV energetic neutral atoms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 36-1-36-4

  McComas, D J ^a   Valek, P ^a   Burch, J L ^a   Pollock, C J ^a   Skoug, R M ^b   Thomsen, M F ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT;

PLASMA SHEET;

REMOTE SENSING;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0037113530     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl016153     Document Type: Article

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