Walén and slow-mode shock analyses in the near-Earth magnetotail in connection with a substorm onset on 27 August 2001

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Eriksson, S ^a   Oieroset M ^b   Baker, D N ^a   Mouikis, C ^c   Vaivads, A ^d   Dunlop, M W ^e   Reme H ^f   Ergun, R E ^a   Balogh, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic reconnection; Magnetotail boundary layers; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646544186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010534     Document Type: Article

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