TC-1 observations of flux pileup and dipolarization-associated expansion in the near-Earth magnetotail during substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Pu, Z Y ^a,b   Cao, X ^a   Fu, Suiyan Y ^a   Liu, Z X ^b   Ma, Z W ^c   Dunlop, M W ^d   Baumjohann, W ^e   Xiao, C J ^f   Hong, M H ^g   Cao, J B ^b   Zong, Qiu Gang ^h   Wang, X G ^a   Carr, C M ⁱ   Rème, Henri A ^j   Dandouras, Iannis ^j   Fazakerley, A ^k   Frey, H U ^l   Escoubet, C Philippe ^m  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^f CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FLUX; POLARIZATION; STORMS;

NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA SHEET EXPANSION; SUBSTORMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; STORM;

EID: 34548041189     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028326     Document Type: Article

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