A new perspective on plasma supply mechanisms to the magnetotail from a statistical comparison of dayside mirroring O+ at low altitudes with lobe/mantle beams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A4, 2002, Pages

  Seki, K ^a,b   Elphic, R C ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Bonnell, J ^c   McFadden, J P ^c   Lund, E J ^d   Hirahara, M ^e   Terasawa, T ^f   Mukai, T ^g  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dayside magnetosphere; FAST; GEOTAIL; Lobe mantle; Trapped ionospheric ions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905361721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900122     Document Type: Article

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