An effort to derive an empirically based, inner-magnetospheric electric field model: Merging Cluster EDI and EFW data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 564-573

  Puhl Quinn, P A ^a   Matsui, H ^a   Jordanova, V K ^b   Khotyaintsev, Y ^c   Lindqvist, P A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Current system; Electric fields; Inner magnetosphere; Instrumentation for space plasma physics; Magnetosphere; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MORPHOLOGY; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA CONVECTION; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 38949105903     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.069     Document Type: Article

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