Evidence for pearl-like magnetic island structures at dawn and dusk side magnetopause

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 681-686

  Teh, W L ^a   Hau, L N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

current layer; Magnetopause; reconnection; tearing mode instability

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE;

EID: 20744445044     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352531     Document Type: Article

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