Plasmoid in the high latitude boundary/cusp region observed by Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Zong, Q G ^a   Fritz, T A ^a   Spence, H ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Huang, Z Y ^b   Pu, Z Y ^b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Korth, A ^d   Daly, P W ^d   Balogh, A ^e   Reme, H ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA FLOW; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CORE MAGNETIC FIELDS; CUSP REGION; FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS (FTE); PLASMOIDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

PLASMA;

EID: 20144388757     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020960     Document Type: Article

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