Temporal and spatial aspects of the cusp inferred from local and global ground- And space-based observations in a case study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Farrugia, C J ^a   Sandholt, P E ^b   Torbert, R B ^a   Ostgaard N ^c  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cusp temporal and spatial structure; Local and global measurements; Temporal effects overlaid on a spatial substratum

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344253761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010121     Document Type: Article

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