Four-point Cluster application of magnetic field analysis tools: The Curlometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Dunlop, M W ^a,d   Balogh, A ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^b   Robert, P ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electric current vector; Multispacecraft technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549165600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA005088     Document Type: Article

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