Temporal evolution of a staircase ion signature observed by Cluster in the mid-altitude polar cusp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Escoubet, C Philippe ^a   Bosqued, J M ^b   Berchem, J ^c   Trattner, K J ^d   Taylor, M G G T ^a   Pitout, F ^e   Laakso, H ^a   Masson, A ^a   Dunlop, M ^f   Reme, H ^b   Dandouras, I ^b   Fazakerley, A ^g  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT; WIND;

ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; ION PRECIPITATION; MID-ALTITUDE POLAR CUSP; STAIRCASE ION SIGNATURE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 33646833995     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025598     Document Type: Article

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