3-D force-balanced magnetospheric configurations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 251-265

  Zaharia, S ^a   Cheng, C Z ^a   Maezawa, K ^b  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; magnetotail; plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1142281837     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-251-2004     Document Type: Article

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