Spatiotemporal structure of the reconnecting magnetosphere under B y-dominated interplanetary magnetic cloud conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 33846893172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011514     Document Type: Article

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