Multi-spacecraft observation of plasma dipolarization/injection in the inner magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 801-814

  Apatenkov, S V ^a   Sergeev, V A ^a   Kubyshkina, M V ^a   Nakamura, R ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Runov, A ^b   Alexeev, I ^c   Fazakerley, A ^c   Frey, H ^d   Muhlbachler, S ^e   Daly, P W ^e   Sauvaud, J A ^f   Ganushkina, N ^g   Pulkkinen, T ^g   Reeves, G D ^h   Khotyaintsev, Y ⁱ  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34047186386     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-801-2007     Document Type: Article

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