Geotail observations of the dayside outer boundary region: Interplanetary magnetic field control and dawn-dusk asymmetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a,c   Fujimoto, M ^b   Maezawa, K ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Mukai, T ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dawn dudk asymmetry; Earth's magnetopause; Low latitude boundary layer; Northward interplanctary magnctic field; Plasma mixing; Plasma transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905356294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009667     Document Type: Article

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