On the generation of solitary waves observed by Cluster in the near-Earth magnetosheath

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-193

  Pickett, J S ^a   Chen, L J ^a   Kahler, S W ^a   Santolik O ^a,b   Golstein, M L ^c   Lavraud, B ^d   Decreau P M E ^e   Kessel, R ^c   Lucek, E ^f   Lakhina, G S ^g   Tsurutani, B T ^h   Gurnett, D A ^a   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ⁱ   Fazakerley, A ^j   Reme H ^k   Balogh, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k IRAP   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 20144374939     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-181-2005     Document Type: Article

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