A survey of flux transfer events observed by Cluster during strongly northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Fear, R C ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Owen, C J ^a   Lucek, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS (FTES); INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); MAGNETOPAUSE MERGING; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC FLUX;

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 27744490440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023811     Document Type: Article

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