Development of shoulders and plumes in the frame of the interchange instability mechanism for plasmapause formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Pierrard, V ^a   Lemaire, J F ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY; STABILITY;

ELECTRIC FIELD MODEL; PLASMA DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 18244430350     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018919     Document Type: Article

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