On the formation of the high-altitude stagnant cusp: Cluster observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Bogdanova, Y V ^a   Marchaudon, A ^a   Owen, C J ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Frey, H U ^c   Wild, J A ^d   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Klecker, B ^e   Davies, J A ^b   Milan, S E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT CONVECTION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; PLASMAS;

ANTI-FIELD-ALIGNED FLOW; CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH-LIKE PLASMA; STAGNANT EXTERIOR CUSP (SEC);

GEOPHYSICS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 25844507421     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022813     Document Type: Article

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