Double Star, Cluster, and ground-based observations of magnetic reconnection during an interval of duskward oriented IMF: Preliminary results

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2903-2907

  Wild, J A ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Davies, J A ^b   Cowley, S W H ^a   Carr, C M ^c   Balogh, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetopause, cusp, arid boundary layers; Magnetosheath; Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 30744465599     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2903-2005     Document Type: Article

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