Multispacecraft study on the dynamics of the dusk-flank magnetosphere under northward IMF: 10-11 January 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Stenuit, H ^a,i   Fujimoto, M ^b   Fuselier, S A ^c   Sauvaud, J A ^a,i   Wing, S ^d   Fedorov, A ^a,i   Budnik, E ^a,i   Savin, S P ^e   Trattner, K J ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^f   Bonnell, J ^f   Phan, T D ^f   Mukai, T ^g   Pedersen, A ^h  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Space Research Institute Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Auroral regions; Boundary layer; Dusk flank; Magnetosphere; Northward interplanetary magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344461829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009246     Document Type: Article

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