The plasma sheet and boundary layers under northward IMF: A multi-point and multi-instrument perspective

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1619-1629

  Taylor, M G G T ^a,b   Lavraud, B ^c   Escoubet, C P ^a   Milan, S E ^d   Nykyri, K ^e,f   Dunlop, M W ^e,g   Davies, J A ^g   Friedel, R H W ^c   Frey, H ^h   Bogdanova, Y V ^b   Asnes A ^a   Laakso, H ^a   Travnicek P ^i,j   Masson, A ^a   Opgenoorth, H ^a   Vallat, C ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^b   Lahiff, A D ^b   Owen, C J ^b   Pitout, F ^k,l   Pu, Z ^m   Shen, C ⁿ   Zong, Q G ^o   Reme H ^p   Scudder, J ^q   Zhang, T L ^r   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^j INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^l LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^m PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^p IRAP   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^r Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

more..

Author keywords

Cluster; Cold dense plasma sheet; Double star; Magnetopshere; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; SOLAR WIND; SPACE RESEARCH;

BOUNDARY WAVES; COLD DENSE PLASMA SHEETS (CDPS); DOUBLE STAR; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA SHEETS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 41949141437     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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