Evidence for component merging near the subsolar magnetopause: Geotail observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Kim, K H ^a   Lin, N ^a   Cattell, C A ^a   Song, Y ^a   Lee, D H ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MERGING;

ACCELERATED FLOWS; GEOTAIL; GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOCAL TIME; MAGNETOPAUSE CROSSINGS; SUBSOLAR POINTS; SUBSOLAR REGION;

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 0037088861     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014636     Document Type: Article

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