Quiet time magnetotail dynamics and their implications for the substorm trigger

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A2, 2002, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a,e   Yamaguchi, R ^b   Nose M ^a,c   Kawano, H ^b   Engebretson, M ^d   Yumoto, K ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

2744 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetotail; 2760 Magnetospheric physics: Plasma convection; 2764 Magnetospheric physics: Plasma sheet; 2788 Magnetospheric physics: Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644221110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000116     Document Type: Article

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