Observations of significant flux closure by dual lobe reconnection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1617-1627

  Imber, S M ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Hubert, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CONVECTION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADAR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34547618652     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1617-2007     Document Type: Article

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