Motion of flux transfer events: A test of the Cooling model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1669-1690

  Fear, R C ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^b   Owen, C J ^b   Asikainen, T ^c   Taylor, M G G T ^d   Lucek, E A ^e   Reme H ^f   Dandouras, I ^f   Daly, P W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRON; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY;

EID: 34547699262     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1669-2007     Document Type: Article

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