Cluster observation of a bifurcated current sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Runov, A ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Volwerk, M ^a   Eichelberger, H U ^a   Balogh, A ^b  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT; WAVE PROPAGATION; GEOPHYSICS;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; CURRENT SHEETS; FAST MOTIONS; TIMING ANALYSIS; TYPE STRUCTURES; UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GEOPHYSICS; EARTH SCIENCES;

MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 0038266378     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016136     Document Type: Article

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