Tail dynamics during the growth phase of the 24 November 1996, substorm event: Near-Earth reconnection confined in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a   Ueno, G ^b   Yamaguchi, R ^b,c   Singer, H ^d   Creutzberg, F ^e   Yumoto, K ^c   Kitamura, K ^c   Mukai, T ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Keometrics   (Canada)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth phase; Near Earth neutral line; Plasma sheet; Reconnection; Substorms; Tail current

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845947083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010299     Document Type: Article

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