Field-aligned currents associated with dipolarization fronts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 4503-4508

  Sun, W J ^a   Fu, S Y ^a   Parks, G K ^b   Liu, J ^c   Yao, Z H ^a   Shi, Q Q ^d   Zong, Q G ^a   Huang, S Y ^e   Pu, Z Y ^a   Xiao, T ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dipolarization front; Field aligned current

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; DIPOLARIZATION; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; GEOMAGNETIC TAIL; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC DIP; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL STUDY;

PLASMA FLOW;

CURRENT VELOCITY; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84883524334     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50902     Document Type: Article

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