Quiet time magnetotail plasma flow: Coordinated Polar ultraviolet images and Geotail observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A9, 2003, Pages

  Ieda, A ^a,b   Shue, J H ^c,h   Liou, K ^c,h   Ohtani, S I ^c,h   Meng, C I ^c,h   Fairfield, D H ^d   Mukai, T ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Machida, S ^e   Nagai, T ^f   Parks, G K ^g  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Fast flows; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Quiet time

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342321234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009739     Document Type: Article

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