Pressure, volume, density relationships in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A8, 2004, Pages

  Kaufmann, Richard L ^a   Paterson, W R ^b   Frank, L A ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D models; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Pressure balance inconsistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947542309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010317     Document Type: Article

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