Possible dipole tilt dependence of dayside magnetopause reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Russell, C T ^a   Wang, Y L ^a   Raeder, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

DIPOLE TILT DEPENDENCE; HALF-WAVE RECTIFIER MODEL; ANNUAL VARIATIONS; DIPOLE TILT ANGLE; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GUIDE FIELD; HALF-WAVE RECTIFIERS; MHD MODELS; RECONNECTION RATE;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 0347542602     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017725     Document Type: Article

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