Dawn-dusk asymmetry in particles of solar wind origin within the magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Stubbs, T J ^a,b   Lockwood, M ^b   Cargill, P ^a   Fennell, J ^c   Grande, M ^b   Kellett, B ^b   Perry, C ^b   Rees, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers); Space plasma physics (charged particle motion and acceleration)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944250929     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1-2001     Document Type: Article

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