Nonstationary and reformation of high-Mach-number quasiperpendicular shocks: Cluster observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lobzin, V V ^a,b   Krasnoselskikh, V V ^a   Bosqued, J M ^c   Pincon J L ^a   Schwartz, S J ^d   Dunlop, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b Le Studium   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GYROSCOPES; MACH NUMBER; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; SHOCK WAVES;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; QUASIPERPENDICULAR SHOCKS; SHOCK RAMP OSCILLATES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34249899083     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029095     Document Type: Article

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