THEMIS observations of penetration of the plasma sheet into the ring current region during a magnetic storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Chih Ping ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a   Angelopoulos, Vassilis ^a   Larson, Davin ^b   McFadden, J P ^b   Frey, Sabine ^b   Auster, Hans Ulrich ^c   Magnes, Werner ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS;

DRIFT PATHS; INNER MAGNETOSPHERES; ION PLASMAS; MAGNETIC STORMS; PLASMA SHEET REGIONS; PLASMA SHEETS; RECOVERY PHASE; RING CURRENTS;

PLASMAS;

CONVECTION; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 57049125652     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033375     Document Type: Article

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