On the location of dayside magnetic reconnection during an interval of duskward oriented IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-238

  Wild, J A ^a   Milan, S E ^b   Davies, J A ^c   Dunlop, M W ^c   Wright, D M ^b   Carr, C M ^d   Balogh, A ^d   Rame, H ^e   Fazakerley, A N ^f   Marchaudon, A ^f,g  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33846890174     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-219-2007     Document Type: Article

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