Characteristics of the near-tail dawn magnetopause and boundary layer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1481-1497

  Paschmann, Goetz ^a   Haaland, S ^a   Sonnerup, B U O ^b   Hasegawa, H ^b   Georgescu, E ^a   Klecker, B ^a   Phan, T D ^c   Reme H ^d   Vaivads, A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 23644454814     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1481-2005     Document Type: Article

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