Conjugate observation of sharp dynamical boundary in the inner magnetosphere by Cluster and DMSP spacecraft and ground network

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2771-2780

  Apatenkov, S V ^a   Sergeev, V A ^a   Amm, O ^b   Baumjohann, W ^c   Nakamura, R ^c   Runov, A ^d   Rich, F ^e   Daly, P ^f   Fazakerley, A ^g   Alexeev, I ^g   Sauvaud, J A ^h   Chotyaintsev, Yu ⁱ  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 52149095146     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2771-2008     Document Type: Article

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