Change of the plasma sheet ion composition during magnetic storm development observed by the Geotail spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Nosé, Masahito ^a   McEntire, Richard W ^b   Christon, Stephen P ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Focused Analysis and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion composition; Magnetic storms; Particle; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905346312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009660     Document Type: Article

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