Orientation and motion of a discontinuity from Cluster curlometer capability: Minimum variance of current density

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Haaland, S ^a,b   Sonnerup, B U O ^c   Dunlop, M W ^d   Georgescu, E ^a   Paschmann, G ^a,b   Klecker, B ^a   Vaivads, A ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; INTEGRATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY;

CURLOMETERS; FARADAY RESIDUE METHOD; MAGNETOPAUSE THICKNESS;

CURRENT DENSITY;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 4243157601     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020001     Document Type: Article

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