Dawn-dusk asymmetries and sub-Alfvénic flow in the high and low latitude magnetosheath

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3351-3364

  Longmore, M ^a   Schwartz, S J ^b   Geach, J ^c   Cooling, B M A ^a   Dandouras, I ^d   Lucek, E A ^b   Fazakerley, A N ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 30944465264     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3351-2005     Document Type: Article

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