THEMIS observations of a secondary magnetic island within the Hall electromagnetic field region at the magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Teh, W L ^a   Eriksson, S ^a   Sonnerup, B U O ^a,b   Ergun, R ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Glassmeier, K H ^d   McFadden, J P ^e   Bonnell, J W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY;

CROSS SECTION; GRAD-SHAFRANOV; HALL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ISLAND; MAGNETOSHEATHS; OUT-OF-PLANE;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA;

EID: 78149458208     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045056     Document Type: Article

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