Observations of nightside magnetic reconnection during substorm growth and expansion phases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Lam, M M ^a   Pinnock, M ^a   Donovan, E F ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 33947699966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011356     Document Type: Article

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