Coordinated Cluster and ground-based instrument observations of transient changes in the magnetopause boundary layer during an interval of predominantly northward IMF: Relation to reconnection pulses and FTE signatures

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1613-1640

  Lockwood, M ^a,b   Fazakerley, A ^c   Opgenoorth, H ^d   Moen, J ^e,f   Van Eyken, A P ^g   Dunlop, M ⁿ   Bosqued, J M ^h   Lu, G ⁱ   Cully, C ^q   Eglitis, P ^d   McCrea, I W ^a   Hapgood, M A ^a   Wild, M N ^a   Stamper, R ^a   Denig, W ^o   Taylor, M ^c   Wild, J A ^j   Provan, G ^j   Amm, O ^k   Kauristie, K ^k   Pulkkinen, T ^k   Stromme A ^l   Prikryl, P ^m   Pitout, F ^d   Balogh, A ⁿ   Reme H ^h   Behlke, R ^d   Hansen, T ^l   Greenwald, R ^p   Frey, H ^u   Morley, S K ^b   Alcayde D ^h   Blelly, P L ^h   Donovan, E ^q   Engebretson, M ^r   Lester, M ^j   Watermann, J ^s   Marcucci, M F ^t   more..

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^g EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^h IRAP   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^m Industry Canada   (Canada)

ⁿ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^p JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^r AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^s DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^t INAF   (Italy)

^u Space Science Centre ^*  (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 6444245855     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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