Rotation of the magnetic field in Earth's magnetosheath by bulk magnetosheath plasma flow

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 339-354

  Longmore, M ^a   Schwartz, S J ^b   Lucek, E A ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA;

EID: 33751101340     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-339-2006     Document Type: Article

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