A statistical study of compressional waves in the tail current sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Volwerk, M ^a,b   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Treumann, R A ^b   Runov, A ^a   Voros Z ^a   Zhang, T L ^a   Asano, Y ^a   Klecker, B ^b   Richter, I ^c   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e  

^a Institut für Weltraumforschung ÖAW ^*  (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Cluster data; Compressional waves; Magnetotail; Quasi 2 D turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344595330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010155     Document Type: Article

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