The dependence of cusp ion signatures on the reconnection rate

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 947-953

  Morley, S K ^a   Lockwood, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (particle precipitation); Magnetospheric physics (energetic particles; precipitating; magnetopause; cusp and boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038456131     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-947-2003     Document Type: Article

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