Cluster observations of magnetic field fluctuations in the high-altitude cusp

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2413-2429

  Nykyri, K ^a   Cargill, P J ^a   Lucek, E ^a   Horbury, T ^a   Lavraud, B ^d   Balogh, A ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Bogdanova, Y ^c   Fazakerley, A ^c   Dandouras, I ^d   Reme H ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; plasma waves and instabilities); Space plasma physics (Nonlinear phenomena; turbulence)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 4344567755     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2413-2004     Document Type: Article

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