Multi-spacecraft observations of small-scale fluctuations in density and fields in plasmaspheric plumes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 623-637

  Matsui, H ^a   Darrouzet, F ^b   Goldstein, J ^c   Puhl Quinn, P A ^d   Khotyaintsev, Yu V ^e   Lindqvist, P A ^f   Georgescu, E ^g   Mouikis, C G ^a   Torbert, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Plasmasphere)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84877689297     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-623-2012     Document Type: Article

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