Internal structure and spatial dimensions of whistler wave regions in the magnetopause boundary layer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2439-2451

  Stenberg, G ^a,b   Oscarsson, T ^a   Andre M ^b   Vaivads, A ^b   Backrud Ivgren, M ^b,c   Khotyaintsev, Y ^b   Rosenqvist, L ^b   Sahraoui, F ^d   Cornilleau Wehrlin, N ^d   Fazakerley, A ^e   Lundin, R ^b   Decreau P M E ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 36749031721     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2439-2007     Document Type: Article

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