Cluster observations of sudden impulses in the magnetotail caused by interplanetary shocks and pressure increases

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 609-624

  Huttunen, K E J ^a   Slavin, J ^b   Collier, M ^b   Koskinen, H E J ^a,c   Szabo, A ^b   Tanskanen, E ^b   Balogh, A ^d   Lucek, E ^d   Reme H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (Interplanetary shocks); Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Solar wind magnetosphere interaction)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 16244382863     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-609-2005     Document Type: Article

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