Analysis of plasmaspheric plumes: CLUSTER and IMAGE observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1737-1758

  Darrouzet, F ^a   De Keyser, J ^a   Decreau P M E ^b   Gallagher, D L ^c   Pierrard, V ^a   Lemaire, J F ^a,d   Sandel, B R ^e   Dandouras, I ^f   Matsui, H ^g   Dunlop, M ^h   Cabrera, J ^d   Masson, A ⁱ   Canu, P ^f   Trotignon, J G ^b   Rauch, J L ^b   Andre M ^j  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ORIENTATION; PLASMA; PLUME; VELOCITY;

EID: 33751099816     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1737-2006     Document Type: Article

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