Compressional waves in the Earth's neutral sheet

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 303-315

  Volwerk, M ^a,c   Baumjohann, W ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^b   Nakamura, R ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Runov, A ^a   Voros Z ^a   Klecker, B ^c   Treumann, R A ^c   Bogdanova, Y ^c   Eichelberger, H U ^a   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetotail; MHD waves and instabilities; plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1142306042     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-303-2004     Document Type: Article

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