Temporal and spatial scales of a high-flux electron disturbance in the cusp region: Cluster observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4536-4543

  Shi, Jiankui ^a   Zhang, Ziying ^a   Torkar, Klaus ^b   Dunlop, Malcolm ^c   Fazakerley, Andrew ^d   Cheng, Zhengwei ^a   Liu, Zhenxing ^a  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cusp region; High flux electron disturbance; temporal and spatial scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904670518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019560     Document Type: Article

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