A global synthesis model of dipolarization at substorm expansion onset

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 671-681

  Pu, Z Y ^a,b   Korth, A ^c   Chen, Z X ^a   Liu, Z X ^b   Fu, S Y ^a   Zong, G ^c   Hong, M H ^d   Wang, X M ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF SPACE MEDICO ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Ballooning instability; Current disruption; Dipolarization; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetospheric substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039892190     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00183-8     Document Type: Article

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