Cluster magnetotail observations of a tailward-travelling plasmoid at substorm expansion phase onset and field aligned currents in the plasma sheet boundary layer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3667-3683

  Draper, N C ^a   Lester, M ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Wild, J A ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Provan, G ^a   Grocott, A ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^b   Lahiff, A ^b   Davies, J A ^c   Bosqued, J M ^d   Dewhurst, J P ^b   Nakamura, R ^e   Owen, C J ^b   Watermann, J ^f   Henderson, M G ^g   Singer, H J ^h   Donovan, E ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^f DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Magnetotail boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOTAIL; COMPRESSION; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; STORM DAMAGE;

EID: 30744442527     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3667-2005     Document Type: Article

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