Solitary structures associated with short large-amplitude magnetic structures (SLAMS) upstream of the Earth's quasi-parallel bow shock

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Behlke, R ^a,b   Andre M ^a   Bale, S D ^c   Pickett, J S ^d   Cattell, C A ^e   Lucek, E A ^f   Balogh, A ^f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; PLASMAS;

SHORT LARGE AMPLITUDE MAGNETIC STRUCTURES (SLAMS); SOLITARY WAVES (SW);

EARTH (PLANET);

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 7044284748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019524     Document Type: Article

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