Internal structure of a magnetic flux rope from Cluster observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Lui, A Tony Y ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Reme H ^c   Kistler, L M ^d   Gustafsson, G ^e   Zong, Q G ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE;

MAGNETIC FIELD SIGNATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FLUX ROPE; MAGNETOTAIL;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CURRENT DIRECTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 34250749262     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029263     Document Type: Article

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