The structure of flux transfer events recovered from Cluster data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 603-618

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Sonnerup, B U O ^b   Owen, C J ^c   Klecker, B ^d   Paschmann, G ^d   Balogh, A ^e   Reme H ^f  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 33751071336     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-603-2006     Document Type: Article

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