Dipole tilt effects in plasma sheet By: Statistical model and extreme values

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1343-1352

  Petrukovich, A A ^a  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PLASMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM;

EID: 77950442128     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1343-2009     Document Type: Article

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