Multiple cusps during an extended northward IMF period with a significant By component

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zong, Q G ^a,b   Zhang, H ^c   Fritz, T A ^c   Goldstein, M L ^d   Wing, S ^e   Keith, W ^d   Winningham, J D ^f   Frahm, R ^f   Dunlop, M W ^g   Korth, A ^h   Daly, P W ^h   Reme H ⁱ   Balogh, A ^j   Fazakerley, A N ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ IRAP   (France)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40949101411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012188     Document Type: Article

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