Compression of the Earth's magnetotail by interplanetary shocks directly drives transient magnetic flux closure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Hubert, B ^a   Palmroth, M ^b   Laitinen, T V ^b   Janhunen, P ^b   Milan, S E ^c   Grocott, A ^c   Cowley, S W H ^c   Pulkkinen, T ^b   Gerard J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

EARTH'S MAGNETOTAIL; GLOBAL CLOSURE; GLOBAL OPENING; INTERPLANETARY SHOCKS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

COMPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOTAIL; SOLAR WIND; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 33745813826     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026008     Document Type: Article

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