Spatial scale of high-speed flows in the plasma sheet observed by cluster

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Mouikis, C ^b   Kistler, L M ^b   Runov, A ^a   Volwerk, M ^a,c   Asano, Y ^a   Voros Z ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Klecker, B ^c   Reme H ^d   Balogh, A ^e  

^a Inst fur Weltraumforschung der OAW ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

LINEAR GRADIENTS; PLASMA SHEETS;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 3543107348     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019558     Document Type: Article

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