Extended cusp-like regions and their dependence on the Polar orbit, seasonal variations, and interplanetary conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A9, 2004, Pages

  Stubbs, T J ^a,b   Cargill, P J ^a   Lockwood, M ^c   Grande, M ^c   Kellett, B J ^c   Perry, C H ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interplanetary magnetic fields; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetopause; Magnetosheath; Solar wind plasma; Solar wind magnetosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744361946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010163     Document Type: Article

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