Response of the mid-altitude cusp to rapid rotations of the IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Pitout, F ^a   Escoubet, C P ^b   Bogdanova, Y V ^c   Georgescu, E ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^c   Reme H ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SATELLITES;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); LOW-ENERGY MAGNETOSHEATH-LIKE IONS; MID-ALTITUDE CUSP;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRON; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; ION; PLANETARY ROTATION;

EID: 33746398008     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025460     Document Type: Article

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