Observation of repeated intense near-Earth reconnection on closed field lines with Cluster, Double Star, and other spacecraft

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Sergeev, V ^a   Semenov, V ^a   Kubyshkina, M ^a   Ivanova, V ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Nakamura, R ^b   Penz, T ^b   Runov, A ^b   Zhang, T L ^b   Glassmeier, K H ^c   Angelopoulos, V ^d,e   Frey, H ^d   Sauvaud, J A ^f   Daly, P ^g   Cao, J B ^h   Singer, H ⁱ   Lucek, E ^j  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Austrian Academy of Science ^*  (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; POLARIZATION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL BRIGHTENING; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; MAGNETIC WAVEFORM; SPACECRAFT CONSTELLATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548027504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028452     Document Type: Article

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