Intermittent thermal plasma acceleration linked to sporadic motions of the magnetopause, first Cluster results

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1523-1532

  Sauvaud, J A ^a   Lundin, R ^a,b   Reme H ^a   McFadden, J P ^c   Carlson, C ^c   Parks, G K ^c   Mobius E ^d   Kistler, L M ^d   Klecker, B ^e   Amata, E ^f   Dilellis, A M ^f   Formisano, V ^f   Bosqued, J M ^a   Dandouras, I ^a   Decreau P ^g   Dunlop, M ^h   Eliasson, L ^b   Korth, A ⁱ   Lavraud, B ^a   McCarthy, M ^j  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e MPI F Extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

^f INAF   (Italy)

^g LPCE CNRS   (France)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MPI fur Aeronomie   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ionosphere (planetary ionosphere; Plasma convection) Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers)

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EID: 6444244344     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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