Tail lobe convection observed by Cluster/EDI

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Noda, H ^a,d   Baumjohann, W ^a,e   Nakamura, R ^a,e   Torkar, K ^a,e   Paschmann, G ^b   Vaith, H ^b   Puhl Quinn, P ^b   Forster M ^b   Torbert, R ^c   Quinn, J M ^c  

^a Institut für Weltraumforschung Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cluster EDI; Electric field; Tail lobe convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844453977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009669     Document Type: Article

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