Evidence for impulsive solar wind plasma penetration through the dayside magnetopause

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-472

  Lundin, R ^a,b   Sauvaud, J A ^a   Reme H ^a   Balogh, A ^c   Dandouras, I ^a   Bosqued, J M ^a   Carlson, C ^d   Parks, G K ^d   Mobius E ^e   Kistler, L M ^e   Klecker, B ^f   Amata, E ^g   Formisano, V ^g   Dunlop, M ^c   Eliasson, L ^b   Korth, A ^h   Lavraud, B ^a   McCarthy, M ⁱ  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f MPI F Extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

^g INAF   (Italy)

^h MPI für Aeronomie   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Cusp; Magnetopause; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Magnetospheric physics; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0038722857     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-457-2003     Document Type: Article

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