Correlation between energetic ion enhancements and heliospheric current sheet crossings in the outer heliosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Richardson, J D ^a,b,g   Stone, E C ^c   Cummings, A C ^c   Kasper, J C ^a,g   Zhang, M ^d   Burlaga, L F ^e   Ness, N F ^f   Liu, Y ^a,g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC POLARITY; SATELLITES;

ENERGETIC IONS; HELIOSPHERE; SHEET CROSSINGS; TERMINATION SHOCK (TS);

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CORRELATION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34248520630     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027578     Document Type: Article

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