Are there current-sheet-like structures in the Earth's magnetotail as in the solar wind – Results and implications from high time resolution magnetic field measurements by Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1889-1895

  Li, G ^a   Lee, E ^a   Parks, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR WIND; TURBULENCE;

EID: 47549109075     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1889-2008     Document Type: Article

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