Simultaneous imaging of the reconnection spot in the opposite hemisphere during the northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Østgaard, Nikolai ^a   Mende, S B ^b   Frey, H U ^b   Sigwarth, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; HEMISPHERES; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PROTON PRECIPITATION; SOLAR WIND PRESSURE;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA;

EID: 29344469825     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024491     Document Type: Article

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