Spatial gradients in the plasmasphere form Cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Darrouzet, Fabien ^a   De Keyser, Johan ^a   Decreau P M E ^b   Lemaire, Joseph F ^a   Dunlop, M W ^c  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA SOURCES;

DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DENSITY STRUCTURE; PLASMASPHERE; SPATIAL GRADIENTS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

EID: 33745442292     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025727     Document Type: Article

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