Particle entry through reconnection grooves in the magnetopause with a dawnward IMF as simulated by a 3-D em Particle Code

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1609-1612

  Nishikawa, K I ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOMAGNETISM;

EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PARTICLE; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; INNER MAGNETOSPHERE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA; NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL;

MAGNETIC BUBBLES; METEOROLOGY;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0032071507     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01027     Document Type: Article

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