Plasma entry across the distant tail magnetopause 1. Global properties and IMF dependence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A5, 2002, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Maezawa, K ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Saito, Y ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Magnetic reconnection; Magnetopause; Magnetotail boundary layers; Plasma transport processes; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845789928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900139     Document Type: Article

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