Temporal structure of the fast convective flow in the plasma sheet: Comparison between observations and two-fluid simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Ohtani, Shin Ichi ^a   Shay, Michael A ^b   Mukai, Toshifumi ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2744 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2753 Magnetospheric physics: Numerical modeling; 2760 Magnetospheric physics: Plasma convection; 2764 Magnetospheric physics: Plasma sheet; 2788 Magnetospheric physics: Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844547833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010002     Document Type: Article

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