Cluster observations of a field aligned current at the dawn flank of a bursty bulk flow

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1405-1415

  Snekvik, K ^a   Haaland, S ^a,b   Ostgaard N ^a   Hasegawa, H ^c   Nakamura, R ^d   Takada, T ^c,d   Juusola, L ^e   Amm, O ^e   Pitout, F ^b   Reme H ^f   Klecker, B ^b   Lucek, E A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRENT; FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34547310388     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1405-2007     Document Type: Article

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