Cluster electron observations of the separatrix layer during traveling compression regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Owen, C J ^a   Slavin, J A ^b   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Dunlop, M W ^c   Balogh, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMAGNETISM; DIFFUSION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRONS; IONS; TRANSIENTS;

ELECTRON SIGNATURES; OUTFLOW JETS; PLASMA SHEETS; TRAVELING COMPRESSION REGIONS (TCR);

PLASMA THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; PLASMA;

EID: 17744392187     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021767     Document Type: Article

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