Four-point high time resolution information on electron densities by the electric field experiments (EFW) on Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1483-1489

  Pedersen, A ^a   Decreau, P ^b   Escoubet, C P ^c   Gustafsson, G ^d   Laakso, H ^c   Lindqvist, P A ^e   Lybekk, B ^a   Masson, A ^c   Mozer, F ^f   Vaivads, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers) Space plasma physics (spacecraft sheaths, wakes, charging; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD;

EID: 6444245813     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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