Isolated electrostatic structures observed throughout the Cluster orbit: Relationship to magnetic field strength

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2515-2523

  Pickett, J S ^a   Chen, L J ^a   Kahler, S W ^a   Santolik O ^a,b   Gurnett, D A ^a   Tsurutani, B T ^c   Balogh, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (general); Space plasma physics (electrostatic structures: nonlinear phenomena)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344716863     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2515-2004     Document Type: Article

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