Distribution of X-type magnetic neutral lines in the magnetotail with Geotail observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3341-3344

  Ueno, G ^a   Machida, S ^a   Mukai, T ^b,c   Saito, Y ^b,c   Nishida, A ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMAS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

X-TYPE MAGNETIC NEUTRAL LINES;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

BULK VELOCITY; GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; MAGNETIC NEUTRAL LINE; MAGNETOTAILS; NEUTRAL LINE; SOUTH-TO-NORTH;

EID: 0033570605     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010714     Document Type: Article

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