IMF induced changes to the nightside magnetotail: A comparison between WIND/Geotail/IMP 8 observations and modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 947-950

  Winglee, R M ^a   Skoug, R M ^a   Elsen, R K ^a   Wilber, M ^a   Lin, R P ^b   Lepping, R L ^c   Mukai, T ^d,f   Kokubun, S ^d,e   Reme, H ^e,f   Sanderson, T ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e STELAB   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g Space Sciences Dept ^*  (Netherlands)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPEED;

FLUID SIMULATIONS; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW LATITUDES; MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY; NORTHWARD IMF; PLASMA SHEET; SOLAR WIND DENSITY;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 18544364076     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00142     Document Type: Article

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