Estimates of magnetotail reconnection rate based on IMAGE FUV and EISCAT measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-134

  Ostgaard N ^a   Moen, J ^b,c   Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Immel, T J ^a   Gallop, P ^d   Oksavik, K ^b   Fujimoto, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetotail; electric fields; magnetosphere ionosphere interaction; solar wind magnetosphere interaction); Space plasma physics (magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 15544363553     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-123-2005     Document Type: Article

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