Cluster observations of continuous reconnection at the magnetopause under steady interplanetary magnetic field conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2355-2367

  Phan, T D ^a   Dunlop, M W ^b   Paschmann, G ^c   Klecker, B ^c   Bosqued, J M ^d   Reme H ^d   Balogh, A ^e   Twitty, C ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Mouikis, C ^f   Kistler, L M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere inteactions); Space plasma physics (magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 4344625680     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2355-2004     Document Type: Article

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