Transport of plasma sheet material to the inner magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Denton, M H ^a,b   Thomsen, M F ^a   Lavraud, B ^a   Henderson, M G ^a   Skoug, R M ^a   Funsten, H O ^a   Jahn, J M ^c   Pollock, C J ^c   Weygand, J M ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PLASMA THEORY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM IMAGING; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA ANALYZER;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

CONVECTION; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 34547990939     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027886     Document Type: Article

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