Reconstruction of a magnetic flux rope from THEMIS observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Lui, A Tony Y ^a   Sibeck, D G ^b   Phan, T ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^d   McFadden, J ^c   Carlson, C ^c   Larson, D ^c   Bonnell, J ^c   Glassmeier, K H ^e   Frey, S ^c  

^a JHU/APL   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX PINNING; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETOSPHERE; REPAIR; RESTORATION; ROPE;

AXIAL CURRENT DENSITIES; CORE MAGNETIC FIELDS; GRAD-SHAFRANOV; MAGNETIC FLUX ROPES; MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIALS; MAGNETOSHEATH; RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL DIMENSIONS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 51749102187     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032933     Document Type: Article

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