Evidence of transverse magnetospheric field line oscillations as observed from Cluster and ground magnetometers

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 919-929

  Sinha, A K ^a   Yeoman, Tim K ^a,c   Wild, J A ^a   Wright, D M ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Balogh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; MHD waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 18744384650     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-919-2005     Document Type: Article

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