Density structures inside the plasmasphere: Cluster observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2577-2585

  Darrouzet, F ^a   Decreau P M E ^b   De Keyser, J ^a   Masson, A ^c   Gallagher, D L ^d   Santolik, O ^e,f   Sandel, B R ^g   Trotignon, J G ^b   Rauch, J L ^b   Le Guirriec, E ^b   Canu, P ^h   Sedgemore, F ⁱ   Andre M ^j   Lemaire, J F ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasmasphere); Space plasma physics (general or miscellaneous)

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 4344690603     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2577-2004     Document Type: Article

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