A Cluster measurement of fast magnetic reconnection in the magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Xiao, C J ^a   Pu, Z Y ^b   Wang, X G ^c   Ma, Zhiwei ^d   Fu, Sui Yan ^b   Phan, T D ^e   Zong, Q G ^f   Liu, Z X ^g   Dunlop, M W ^h   Glassmeier, K H ⁱ   Balogh, A ^j   Reme, Henri ^k   Dandouras, Iannis ^k   Escoubet, Philippe C ^l  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k IRAP   (France)

^l EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

CLUSTER MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOTAIL; MULTI-SPACECRAFT MEASUREMENT; MUTI-SPACECRAFT DETECTIONS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 34547253520     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028006     Document Type: Article

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