Motion of observed structures calculated from multi-point magnetic field measurements: Application to cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Shi, Q Q ^a   Shen, C ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Pu, Z Y ^c   Zong, Q G ^d   Liu, Z X ^a   Lucek, E ^b   Balogh, A ^b  

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

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC GRADIENT TENSOR; MOTION VELOCITY; QUASI-STATIONARY STRUCTURES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOTAIL CURRENT SHEET;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; NUMERICAL METHOD; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33745482660     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025073     Document Type: Article

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