Internal reconnection for northward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A6, 2005, Pages

  Watanabe, Masakazu ^a   Kabin, Konstantin ^b   Sofko, George J ^a   Rankin, Robert ^b   Gombosi, Tamas I ^c   Ridley, Aaron J ^c   Clauer, C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33747317691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010832     Document Type: Article

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