First current density measurements in the ring current region using simultaneous multi-spacecraft CLUSTER-FGM data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1849-1865

  Vallat, Claire ^a   Dandouras, I ^a   Dunlop, M ^b   Balogh, A ^c   Lucek, E ^c   Parks, G K ^d   Wilber, M ^d   Roelof, E C ^e   Chanteur, G ^f   Reme H ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Current systems; energetic particles, trapped; magnetospheric configuation and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RING; MAGNETOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 24044521002     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1849-2005     Document Type: Article

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