On the propagation of bubbles in the geomagnetic tail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1773-1786

  Birn, J ^a   Raeder, J ^b,e   Wang, Y L ^a,b   Wolf, R A ^c   Hesse, M ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; magnetotail; plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442601511     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1773-2004     Document Type: Article

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