Current sheets at low altitudes in the Martian magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Halekas, J S ^a   Brain, D A ^a   Lillis, R J ^a   Fillingim, M O ^a   Mitchell, D L ^a   Lin, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRONS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS; IMF DRAPING DIRECTION; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS); MARTIAN MAGNETOTAIL;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33845705148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026229     Document Type: Article

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