Survey of energetic O+ ions near the dayside mid-latitude magnetopause with Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1281-1294

  Bouhram, Mehdi ^a,b   Klecker, B ^a   Paschmann, G ^a   Haaland, S ^a   Hasegawa, H ^c   Blagau, A ^a,d   Reme H ^e   Sauvaud, J A ^e   Kistler, L M ^f   Balogh, A ^g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Discontinuities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 23644450057     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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