THEMIS multi-spacecraft observations of magnetosheath plasma penetration deep into the dayside low-latitude magnetosphere for northward and strong By IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Oieroset M ^a   Phan, T D ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^b   Eastwood, J P ^a   McFadden, J ^a   Larson, D ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Fujimoto, M ^d   Raeder, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMAS; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSES; DENSE PLASMAS; FIELD LINES; HELMHOLTZ; MAGNETOSHEATH; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMAS; NORTHWARD IMF; TWO POINTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 57049113234     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033661     Document Type: Article

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