Double discontinuities at the magnetotail plasma sheet-lobe boundary

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1095-1105

  Whang, Y C ^a   Fairneid, D ^b   Lepping, R P ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Saito, Y ^c   Slavin, J ^b   Szabo, A ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (plasma sheet); Space plasma physics (discontinuities; shock waves)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844238423     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1095-2001     Document Type: Article

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