Multi-spacecraft observations of small-scale fluctuations in density and fields in plasmaspheric plumes

In this event study, small-scale fluctuations in plasmaspheric plumes with time scales of ~10 s to minutes in the spacecraft frame are examined. In one event, plasmaspheric plumes are observed by Cluster, while IMAGE measured density enhancement at a similar location. Fluctuations in density exis...

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Main Authors: H. Matsui, F. Darrouzet, J. Goldstein, P. A. Puhl-Quinn, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, E. Georgescu, C. G. Mouikis, R. B. Torbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-03-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/30/623/2012/angeo-30-623-2012.pdf