The Plasmasphere Boundary Layer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4291-4298

  Carpenter, D L ^a   Lemaire, J ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasmasphere; plasma convection; MHD waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 13244261141     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4291-2004     Document Type: Article

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