Earth's magnetospheric cusps

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-260

  Smith, M F ^a   Lockwood, M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SOLAR WIND; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COUPLING PROCESS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; MAGNETOSPHERIC CUSPS; NEAR-EARTH; PARTICLE MOTIONS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT EVENTS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0040247351     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RG00893     Document Type: Article

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