Sharp boundary between the inner magnetosphere and active outer plasma sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Sergeev, V A ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Reme, H ^b   Balogh, A ^c   Daly, P ^d   Zong, Q G ^e   Angelopoulos, V ^f   Andre, M ^g   Vaivads, A ^g  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; SHEAR FLOW; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; RADIATION BELTS;

PLASMA PRESSURE; CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; DIVERGING ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; SUBSTORM EXPANSION;

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0242274068     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017095     Document Type: Article

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