Fast flow during current sheet thinning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Runov, A ^a   Volwerk, M ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Bogdanova, Y ^b   Roux, A ^c   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e   Sauvaud, J A ^e   Frey, H U ^f  

^a Institut für Weltraumforschung der ÖAW ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; CURRENT SHEET MODEL; CURRENT SHEET THINNING; CURRENT SHEETS; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; NEUTRAL SHEETS; PLASMA SHEET; THIN CURRENT SHEET;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 0242417553     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016200     Document Type: Article

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