A comparison between ion characteristics observed by the POLAR and DMSP spacecraft in the high-latitude magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1033-1046

  Stubbs, T J ^a,b   Lockwood, M ^c   Cargill, P ^a   Grande, M ^c   Kellett, B ^c   Perry, C ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; magnetospheric configuration and dynamic)

Indexed keywords

ION; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1942442326     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1033-2004     Document Type: Article

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