Does the aurora provide evidence for the occurrence of antiparallel magnetopause reconnection?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparallel magnetopause reconnection; Cusp aurora; Midday gap aurora; Poleward moving auroral forms; Solar wind magnetosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844283840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010066     Document Type: Article

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