Global properties of magnetotail current sheet flapping: THEMIS perspectives

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 319-328

  Runov, A ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Auster, U ^c   McFadden, J ^d   Larson, D ^d   Mann, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Plasma sheet; Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 72049099921     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-319-2009     Document Type: Article

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