Multiple flux rope events at the high-latitude magnetopause: Cluster/ rapid observation on 26 January, 2001

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 193-214

  Pu, Z Y ^a   Zong, Q G ^b   Fritz, T A ^b   Xiao, C J ^a   Huang, Z Y ^a   Fu, S Y ^a   Shi, Q Q ^a   Dunlop, M W ^c   Glassmeier, K H ^d   Balogh, A ^e   Daly, P ^f   Reme, H ^g   Dandouras, J ^g   Cao, J B ^h   Liu, Z X ^h   Shen, C ^h   Shi, J K ^h  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g IRAP   (France)

^h CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Cusp; Energetic particle flux; Flux transfer events; High latitude magnetopause boundary layer; Magnetic flux rope; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetopause; Magnetosheath boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; TURBULENCE;

CUSP; ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX; FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS; HIGH ALTITUDE MAGNETOPAUSE BOUNDARY LAYER; MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH BOUNDARY LAYER;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 21044439447     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1878-0     Document Type: Article

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