Investigation of magnetopause reconnection models using two colocated, low-altitude satellites: A unifying reconnection geometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29451-29466

  Boudouridis, A ^a   Spence, H E ^b   Onsager, T G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449105617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000350     Document Type: Article

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