Tracing ions in the cusp and low-latitude boundary layer using multispacecraft observations and a global MHD simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A9, 2002, Pages

  Fuselier, S A ^a   Berchem, J ^b   Trattner, K J ^a   Friedel, R ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged particle motion; Magnetic reconnection; Particle precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942570125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000130     Document Type: Article

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