Reconnection driven lobe convection: Interball tail probe observations and global simulations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 833-849

  Raeder, Joachim ^a   Vaisberg, O ^b   Smirnov, V ^b   Avanov, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0039591683     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00041-9     Document Type: Article

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