Periodic traveling compression regions during quiet geomagnetic conditions and their association with ground Pi2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3341-3354

  Keiling, A ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Rme, H ^b   Dandouras, I ^b   Lucek, E ^c   Fujimoto, M ^d   Hasegawa, H ^e   Reeves, G D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PERIODICITY;

EID: 54849409272     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3341-2008     Document Type: Article

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