Field line distribution of density at L=4.8 inferred from observations by CLUSTER

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 705-724

  Denton, R E ^a   Decreau P ^b   Engebretson, M J ^c   Darrouzet, F ^d   Posch, J L ^c   Mouikis, C ^e   Kistler, L M ^e   Cattell, C A ^f   Takahashi, K ^g   Schafer S ^h   Goldstein, J ⁱ  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

ⁱ SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Magnetospheric physics; MHD waves and instabilities; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 77950372151     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-705-2009     Document Type: Article

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