Spatial and temporal characteristics of poloidal waves in the terrestrial plasmasphere: A CLUSTER case study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1011-1024

  Schafer S ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^a   Eriksson, P T I ^b   Pierrard, V ^c   Fornaon, K H ^a   Blomberg, L G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WAVE; WAVE PROPERTY;

EID: 34248589337     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1011-2007     Document Type: Article

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