Ionospheric signatures of internal reconnection for northward interplanetary magnetic field: Observation of ∼reciprocal cells" and magnetosheath ion precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Watanabe, Masakazu ^a   Sofko, George J ^a   André, Dieter A ^a   Ruohoniemi, J Michael ^b   Hairston, Marc R ^c   Kabin, Konstantin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33947610097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011446     Document Type: Article

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