Cluster multispacecraft observations at the high-latitude duskside magnetopause: Implications for continuous and component magnetic reconnection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 461-473

  Retino A ^a   Cattaneo, M B Bavassano ^b   Marcucci, M F ^b   Vaivads, A ^a   Andre M ^a   Khotyaintsev, Y ^a   Phan, T ^c   Pallocchia, G ^b   Reme H ^d   Mobius E ^e   Klecker, B ^f   Carlson, C W ^c   McCarthy, M ^g   Korth, A ^h   Lundin, R ^a   Balogh, A ⁱ  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b INAF   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 20144389131     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-461-2005     Document Type: Article

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