Plasma depletion layer: Its dependence on solar wind conditions and the Earth dipole tilt

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4273-4290

  Wang, Y L ^a   Raeder, J ^b   Russell, C T ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetosheath, solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 13244253759     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4273-2004     Document Type: Article

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