Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Sergeev, V ^a   Runov, A ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Nakamura, R ^b   Zhang, T L ^b   Volwerk, M ^b   Balogh, A ^c   Reme H ^d   Sauvaud, J A ^d   Andre M ^e   Klecker, B ^f  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Inst fur Weltraumforschung der OAW ^*  (Austria)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BIFURCATED STRUCTURES; CROSS-TAIL CURRENTS; CURRENT SHEETS; FLAPPING MOTION; KINK MODES; PLASMA SHEET; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

PLASMA WAVES; PLASMA SHEATHS;

PLASMA;

EID: 0041689763     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016500     Document Type: Article

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