Reconnection at the high-latitude magnetopause during northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25467-25488

  Onsager, T G ^a   Scudder, J D ^b   Lockwood, M ^c   Russell, C T ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449132986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000444     Document Type: Article

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