TC1 and Cluster observation of an FTE on 4 January 2005: A close conjunction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wang, J ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Pu, Z Y ^a   Zhou, X Z ^a   Zhang, X G ^a   Wei, Y ^c   Fu, Suiyan Y ^a   Xiao, C J ^d   Fazakerley, A ^e   Laakso, H ^f   Taylor, M G G T ^f   Bogdanova, Y ^e   Pitout, F ^g   Davies, J ^b   Zong, Qiu Gang ^h   Shen, C ⁱ   Liu, Z X ⁱ   Carr, C M ^j   Perry, C ^b   Rème, Henri ^k   Dandouras, Iannis ^k   Escoubet, Philippe ^f   Owen, C J ^e   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

ⁱ CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k CNRS   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

FLUX TRANSFER EVENT (FTE); FOUR-SPACECRAFT TIMING; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSHEATH;

METEOROLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 34548021461     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028241     Document Type: Article

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