Structure of the subsolar magnetopause regions during northward IMF: First results from THEMIS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  McFadden, J P ^a   Phan, T D ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Auster, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATOMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRON TUBES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

ELECTRON HEATING; ELECTRON STRUCTURES; FLUX TUBES; MAGNETOPAUSE CURRENT SHEETS; MAGNETOPAUSE CURRENTS; MAGNETOSHEATH; MAGNETOSHEATH BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMAS; NORTHWARD IMF;

ELECTRONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ELECTRON; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 57049099203     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033630     Document Type: Article

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