Cluster at the magnetospheric cusps

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 321-366

  Cargill, P J ^a   Lavraud, B ^b   Owen, C J ^c   Grison, B ^d   Dunlop, M W ^e   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^d   Escoubet, C P ^f   Paschmann, G ^g   Phan, T D ^h   Rezeau, L ^d   Bogdanova, Y ^c   Nykyri, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA TURBULENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND EFFECTS;

FIELD LINES; MAGNETOSPHERIC CUSPS; SEPARATRIX; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 26044483254     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-005-3835-0     Document Type: Review

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