Statistical study of thin current sheet evolution around substorm onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Asano, Y ^a,b   Mukai, T ^b   Hoshino, M ^c   Saito, Y ^b   Hayakawa, H ^b   Nagai, T ^d  

^a Institut für Weltraumforschung Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften ^*  (Austria)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current sheet; Magnetotail; Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749083509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010413     Document Type: Article

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