Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Slavin, J A ^a   Lepping, R P ^a   Gjerloev, J ^a   Fairfield, D H ^a   Hesse, M ^a   Owen, C J ^b   Moldwin, M B ^c   Nagai, T ^d   Ieda, A ^e   Mukai, T ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2740 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; 2744 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2764 Magnetospheric physics: Plasma sheet; 2788 Magnetospheric physics: Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749121203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009557     Document Type: Article

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