Solitary potential structures observed in the magnetosheath by the Cluster spacecraft

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-11

  Pickett, J S ^a   Menietti, J D ^a   Gurnett, D A ^a   Tsurutani, B ^b   Kintner, P M ^c   Klatt, E ^c   Balogh, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038722726     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-10-3-2003     Document Type: Article

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