Solar wind control of the radial distance of the magnetic reconnection site in the magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Nagai, T ^a   Fujimoto, M ^a   Nakamura, R ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Ieda, A ^c   Shinohara, I ^d   Machida, S ^e   Saito, Y ^d   Mukai, T ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Space Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33747281046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011207     Document Type: Article

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