Dense and stagnant ions in the low-latitude boundary region under northward interplanetary magnetic field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Fujimoto, M ^b   Saito, Y ^c   Mukai, T ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS; SURVEYING;

BOUNDARY REGIONS; MAGNETOSPHERICS;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLANETARY PHENOMENA;

EID: 18544394642     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019120     Document Type: Article

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