Fluid and particle signatures of dayside reconnection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1045-1063

  Bauer, T M ^a   Paschmann, G ^a,b   Sckopke, N ^a   Treumann, R A ^a,b,c   Baumjohann, W ^a,d   Phan, T D ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Ctr for Interdisc Plasma Science   (Germany)

^d Osterreichischen Akad der Wiss ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; Magnetosheath; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035643406     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1045-2001     Document Type: Article

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