Electric field scales at quasi-perpendicular shocks

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2291-2300

  Walker, S N ^a   Alleyne, H St C K ^a   Balikhin, M A ^a   Andre M ^b   Horbury, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (electric fields); Space plasma physics (Electrostatic structures: shock waves)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344662891     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2291-2004     Document Type: Article

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