Observations of plasma vortices in the vicinity of flow-braking: A case study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3009-3017

  Keika, K ^a,b   Nakamura, R ^a   Volwerk, M ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Baumjohann, W ^a   Retino A ^a   Fujimoto, M ^d   Bonnell, J W ^e   Singer, H J ^f   Auster, H U ^g   McFadden, J P ^e   Larson, D ^e   Mann, I ^h  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Plasma convection; Plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 78650286880     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3009-2009     Document Type: Article

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