Simultaneous tracking of reconnected flux tubes: Cluster and conjugate SuperDARN observations on 1 April 2004

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1545-1557

  Zhang, Q H ^a,b   Liu, R Y ^b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Huang, J Y ^a   Hu, H Q ^b   Lester, M ^d   Liu, Y H ^b   Hu, Z J ^b   Shi, Q Q ^e   Taylor, M G G T ^f  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT; TRACKING;

EID: 45149088845     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1545-2008     Document Type: Article

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