Modulated reconnection rate and energy conversion at the magnetopause under steady IMF conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Rosenqvist, Lisa ^a   Vaivads, A ^a   Retino A ^a,b   Phan, T ^c   Opgenoorth, H J ^d   Dandouras, I ^e   Buchert, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSINGS (PIPE AND CABLE); ESTIMATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; HIGH-LATITUDE MAGNETOPAUSE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); LOCAL ENERGIES; MAGNETOPAUSE (MP) CROSSINGS; MULTI SPACECRAFT MISSION; RECONNECTION RATE;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; SPACECRAFT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 48249144833     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032868     Document Type: Article

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