IMF-driven overshielding electric field and the origin of the plasmaspheric shoulder of May 24, 2000

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 66-1-66-4

  Goldstein, J ^a   Spiro, R W ^a   Reiff, P H ^a   Wolf, R A ^a   Sandel, B R ^b   Freeman, J W ^a   Lambour, R L ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

PLASMASPHERIC SHOULDERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0242684613     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl014534     Document Type: Article

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