Cluster magnetic field observations in the magnetosheath: Four-point measurements of mirror structures

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART I, 2001, Pages 1421-1428

  Lucek, E A ^a   Dunlop, M W ^a   Horbury, T S ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Brown, P ^a   Cargill, P ^a   Carr, C ^a   Fornacon, K H ^b   Georgescu, E ^c,d   Oddy, T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Magnetosphenic physics (magnetosheath; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 6444244686     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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