Transient plasma injections in the dayside magnetosphere: One-to-one correlated observations by Cluster and SuperDARN

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-158

  Marchaudon, A ^a   Cerisier, J C ^a   Bosqued, J M ^b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Wild, J A ^d   Decreau P M E ^e   Forster M ^f   Fontaine, D ^a   Laakso, H ^g  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (magnetospause, cusp, and boundary layers; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1242310318     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-141-2004     Document Type: Article

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