Density irregularities in the plasmasphere boundary layer: Cluster observations in the dusk sector

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1964-1969

  Decreau P M E ^a   Le Guirriec, E ^a   Rauch, J L ^a   Trotignon, J G ^a   Canu, P ^b   Darrouzet, F ^c   Lemaire, J ^d   Masson, A ^e   Sedgemore, F ^f,h   Andre M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f DSRC   (Denmark)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^h 1 Wyatt House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster observations; Density irregularities; Dusk sector; Plasmasphere boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; DUSK SECTOR; PLASMASPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER;

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 27844596236     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.08.050     Document Type: Article

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