Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1365-1389

  Baumjohann, W ^a   Roux, A ^b   Le Contel, O ^b   Nakamura, R ^a   Birn, J ^c   Hoshino, M ^d   Lui, A T Y ^e   Owen, C J ^f   Sauvaud, J A ^g   Vaivads, A ^h   Fontaine, D ^b   Runov, A ^a  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e JHU/APL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g IRAP   (France)

^h SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CURRENT; ION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING;

EID: 34547339111     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1365-2007     Document Type: Article

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