Evidence of periodic (2-3 hour) near-tail magnetic reconnection and plasmoid formation: Geotail observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Huang, Chao Song ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

AVERAGE PERIOD; GEOTAIL OBSERVATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC SUBSTORMS; SOLAR WIND PRESSURE;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 0038743004     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016162     Document Type: Article

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