Parameter extraction of source plasma from observed particle velocity distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Lui, A T Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; PLASMA SOURCES;

GYROTROPIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICLE VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PLASMA MEASUREMENTS; PLASMA PARAMETERS;

MAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTRIC FIELD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETOTAIL; PARTICLE MOTION; PLASMA; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 34248559613     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027922     Document Type: Article

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