Properties of a bifurcated current sheet observed on 29 August 2001

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2535-2540

  Runov, A ^a   Sergeev, V ^b   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Voros Z ^a   Volwerk, M ^a,c   Asano, Y ^a   Klecker, B ^c   Reme H ^d   Balogh, A ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetotail, plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 3543075516     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2535-2004     Document Type: Article

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