Multiple energy-dispersed ion signatures in the near-Earth magnetotail: Geotail observation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Kazama, Yoichi ^a   Mukai, Toshifumi ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PLASMA SHEATHS;

GEOTAIL SPACECRAFTS; ENERGY COMPONENTS; GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; INTERESTING POINTS; ION ACCELERATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL;

GEOPHYSICS; IONS;

MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 0141650408     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016637     Document Type: Article

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