Structure of the near-Earth plasma sheet during tailward flows

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 709-724

  Runov, A ^a,j   Voronkov, I ^b   Asano, Y ^c   Baumjohann, W ^a   Fujimoto, M ^d   Nakamura, R ^a   Takada, T ^a   Volwerk, M ^a,e   Voros Z ^a,f   Meurant, M ^b   Fazakerley, A ^g   Reme H ^h   Balogh, A ⁱ  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 41349089541     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-709-2008     Document Type: Article

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