Flow burst-induced large-scale plasma sheet oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Volwerk, M ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Runov, A ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Richter, I ^c   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e   Yumoto, K ^f  

^a Institut für Weltraumforschung Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cluster; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet oscillations; Rapid flux transport event; ULF waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849103469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010533     Document Type: Article

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