Statistical and superposed epoch study of dipolarization events using data from Wind perigee passes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 831-851

  Sigsbee, K ^a   Slavin, J A ^b   Lepping, R P ^b   Szabo, A ^b   Oieroset M ^c   Kaiser, M L ^b   Reiner, M J ^d   Singer, H J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Storms and substorms; Magnetotail; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 18744408126     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-831-2005     Document Type: Article

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