Polar survey of magnetic field in near tail: Reconnection rare inside 9 RE

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ge, Ya Song ^a   Russell, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA SHEATHS; POLARIZATION; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APOGEE; MAGNETIC FIELD MAGNITUDE; MAGNETOSPHERIC EQUATOR; POLAR SURVEY;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 33644760768     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024574     Document Type: Article

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