Modeled variations of the reconnection electric field at the dayside magnetopause during continued flux transfer event activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Penz, T ^a,b,c   Farrugia, C J ^d   Ivanova, V V ^e   Semenov, V S ^e   Ivanov, I B ^f   Cowley, S W H ^g   Biernat, H K ^a,b   Torbert, R B ^d  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547933665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011937     Document Type: Article

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