The curlometer and other gradient measurements with Cluster

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 598, 2006, Pages 7-19

  Dunlop, M W ^a,b   Balogh, A ^b   Shi, Q Q ^c   Pu, Z ^d   Vallat, C ^e   Robert, P ^f   Haaland, S ^g   Shen, C ^c   Davies, J A ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^h   Cargill, P ^b   Darrouzet, F ⁱ   Roux, A ^f  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

ⁱ BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT;

CURLOMETERS; GRADIENT MEASUREMENTS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33646706128     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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