GEOTAIL observations of total pressure and electric field variations in the near and mid-distant tail associated with substorm onsets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 639-642

  Miyashita, Y ^a   Machida, S ^a   Nishida, A ^b   Mukai, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Kokubun, S ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SUBSTORMS;

RADIATION BELTS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0033559384     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900031     Document Type: Article

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