The dayside reconnection X line

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Moore, T E ^a   Fok, M C ^a   Chandler, M O ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetopause; Reconnection; X line

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346569474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009381     Document Type: Article

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