Ballooning instability in the presence of a plasma flow: A synthesis of tail reconnection and current disruption models for the initiation of substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10235-10248

  Pu, Z Y ^a,b   Kang, K B ^a   Korth, A ^b   Fu, S Y ^a,b   Zong, Q G ^b,c   Chen, Z X ^a,b   Hong, M H ^d   Liu, Z X ^c   Mouikis, C G ^b   Friedel, R W H ^b,e   Pulkkinen, T ^f  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 18044400578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900104     Document Type: Article

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