Spatial and temporal variations of the high-altitude cusp precipitation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2441-2450

  Nemecek Z ^a   Simunek J ^a   Safrankova J ^a   Prech L ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; magnetosheath; plasma convection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344583192     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2441-2004     Document Type: Article

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