Location of the reconnection line at the magnetopause during southward IMF conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Trattner, K J ^a   Mulcock, J S ^a   Petrinec, S M ^a   Fuselier, S A ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION TRANSFERS; MAGNETOPAUSE;

METEOROLOGY;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34548043255     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028397     Document Type: Article

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