Multi-point observations of the inner boundary of the plasma sheet during geomagnetic disturbances

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Runov, A ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Ganushkina, N ^b   Nakamura, R ^c   McFadden, J ^d   Larson, D ^d   Dandouras, I ^e   Glassmeier, K H ^f   Carr, C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA SHEATHS;

CHARACTERISTIC TIMES; ELECTRON FLUXES; GEOCENTRIC DISTANCES; GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; INNER BOUNDARIES; ION POPULATIONS; PARTICLE POPULATIONS; PLASMA SHEETS; RING CURRENTS; SUBSTORM; SUBSTORMS; TIME RANGES;

PLASMAS;

GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA; STORM;

EID: 57049124297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033982     Document Type: Article

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