CLUSTER encounters with the high altitude cusp: Boundary structure and magnetic field depletions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1739-1754

  Cargill, P J ^a   Dunlop, M W ^a,b   Lavraud, B ^c   Elphic, R C ^d   Holland, D L ^e   Nykyri, K ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Dandouras, I ^c   Reme H ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (discontinuities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 2442457566     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1739-2004     Document Type: Article

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