Observations of kinetic ballooning/interchange instability signatures in the magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Panov, E V ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Pritchett, P L ^c   Coroniti, F V ^c   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Auster, H U ^e   McFadden, J P ^f  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PROBES;

CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FIELD-ALIGNED ELECTRONS; ION DRIFT VELOCITY; ION VELOCITY; MAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS; MAGNETOTAILS; PLASMA SHEET; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSTORM ONSET;

IONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ION; MAGNETOTAIL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OSCILLATION; PLASMA; PREDICTION; PROBE; VELOCITY;

EID: 84861306931     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051668     Document Type: Article

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