Cluster observations of a complex high-altitude cusp passage during highly variable IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3707-3719

  Taylor, M G G T ^a,b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Lavraud, B ^a,d   Vontrat Reberac, A ^e   Owen, C J ^b   Decreau P ^f   Travnicek P ^g   Elphic, R C ^a   Friedel, R H W ^a   Dewhurst, J P ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Fazakerley, A ^b   Balogh, A ^h   Reme H ^d   Daly, P W ⁱ  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e Centre d'étude des Environnements Terrestre et Plané taires   (France)

^f LPCE CNRS   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere interactions; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 10644232977     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3707-2004     Document Type: Article

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