THEMIS observations of an earthward-propagating dipolarization front

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Runov, A ^b   Angelopoulos, V ^b   Sitnov, M I ^f   Sergeev, V A ^e   Bonnell, J ^d   McFadden, J P ^d   Larson, D ^d   Glassmeier, K H ^a,c   Auster, U ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE; DIPOLARIZATION; ION INERTIAL LENGTH; LEADING EDGE; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; PLASMA SHEET;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTH SCIENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70349608055     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038980     Document Type: Article

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