Early results from the Whisper instrument on Cluster: An overview

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART I, 2001, Pages 1241-1258

  Decreau P M E ^a   Fergeau, P ^a   Krasnoselskikh, V ^a   Le Guirriec, E ^a   Leveque M ^a   Martin, Ph ^a   Randriamboarison, O ^a   Rauch, J L ^a   Sene F X ^a   Seran H C ^a   Trotignon, J G ^a   Canu, P ^b   Cornilleau, N ^b   De Feraudy H ^b   Alleyne, H ^c   Yearby, K ^c   Mogensen P B ^d   Gustafsson, G ^e   Andre M ^e   Gurnett, D C ^f   Darrouzet, F ^g   Lemaire, J ^g   Harvey, C C ^h   Travnicek, P ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e I R F U   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Space plasma physics (instruments and techniques; discontinuities, general or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0038381957     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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