Four-spacecraft determination of magnetopause orientation, motion and thickness: Comparison with results from single-spacecraft methods

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1347-1365

  Haaland, S E ^a,e   Sonnerup, B U O ^b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Balogh, A ^d   Georgescu, E ^e   Hasegawa, H ^b   Klecker, B ^e   Paschmann, G ^a,e   Puhl Quinn, P ^e   Reme H ^f   Vaith, H ^e   Vaivads, A ^g  

^a ISSI   (Switzerland)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; instruments and techniques); Space plasma physics (discontinuities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA;

EID: 2442528328     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1347-2004     Document Type: Article

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