A new, unique signature of the true cusp

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 611-619

  Keith, W R ^a   Winningham, J D ^a   Norberg, O ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, arid boundary layers; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844354322     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-611-2001     Document Type: Article

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