A reconstruction method for the reconnection rate applied to Cluster magnetotail measurements

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1388-1393

  Penz, T ^a,b   Semenov, V S ^c   Ivanova, V V ^c   Biernat, H K ^a,b   Sergeev, V A ^c   Nakamura, R ^a   Kubyshkin, I V ^c   Ivanov, I B ^d   Heyn, M F ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cluster spacecraft; Flux transfer events; Inverse problem; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER SPACECRAFT; FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS; INVERSE PROBLEM; RECONNECTION;

MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33646722463     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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