Formation of the low-Latitude boundary layer and cusp under the northward IMF: Simultaneous observations by cluster and double star

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Bogdanova, Y V ^a,b   Owen, C J ^a   Dunlop, M W ^c   Wild, J A ^d   Davies, J A ^c   Lahiff, A D ^a   Taylor, M G G T ^e   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Dandouras, I ^f   Carr, C M ^g   Lucek, E A ^g   Reme H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68949084040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012762     Document Type: Article

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