Tail plasma sheet models derived from Geotail particle data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A3, 2003, Pages

  Tsyganenko, N A ^a,c   Mukai, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Ion pressure; Modeling; Plasma sheet; Solar wind; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347184467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009707     Document Type: Article

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