Ion injections at auroral latitude during the March 31, 2001 magnetic storm observed by Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Korth, A ^a   Franz M ^a   Zong, Q G ^b   Fritz, T A ^b   Sauvaud, J A ^c   Reme H ^c   Dandouras, I ^c   Friedel, R ^d   Mouikis, C G ^e   Kistler, L M ^e   Mobius E ^e   Marcucci, M F ^f   Wilber, M ^g   Parks, G ^g   Keiling, A ^c   Lundin, R ^h   Daly, P W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f INAF   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2700 Magnetospheric physics; 2744 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2748 Magnetospheric physics; 2764 Magnetospheric physics; 2788 Magnetospheric physics: Storms and substorms; Magnetotail boundary layers; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SPACECRAFT;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; ION DISPERSIONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF);

GEOPHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 19944426795     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020356     Document Type: Article

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