Plasma sheet formation during long period of northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Li, Wenhui ^a   Raeder, Joachim ^a   Dorelli, John ^a   Øieroset, Marit ^b   Phan, Tai D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY; WIND EFFECTS;

COLD DENSE PLASMA SHEET; FLOW VELOCITY; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); SOLAR WIND PLASMA;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

PLASMA;

EID: 25844459978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021524     Document Type: Article

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