Conditions for the formation of hot flow anomalies at Earth's bow shock

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 12639-12650

  Schwartz, Steven J ^a,b   Paschmann, Götz ^c,d   Sckopke, Norbert ^c   Bauer, Thomas M ^c   Dunlop, Malcolm ^e   Fazakerley, Andrew N ^f   Thomsen, Michelle F ^g  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449133297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000320     Document Type: Article

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