Comparison of Solitary Waves and Wave Packets Observed at Plasma Sheet Boundary to Results from the Auroral Zone

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-106

  Cattell, Cynthia ^a   Dombeck, J ^a   Keiling, A ^a   Wygant, J ^a   Bergmann, R ^f   Hudson, M K ^b   Kletzing, C ^c   Mozer, F S ^d   Temerin, M ^d   Roth, I ^d   Parks, G ^e  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE; SURFACE; WAVE;

PLASMA;

EID: 0347608704     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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