Substorm onset dynamics in the magnetotail as derived from joint TC-1 and Cluster data analysis

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 613-621

  Wang, H ^a,c   Luhr H ^b   Ridley, A J ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Double Star; Magnetotail; Substorm onset

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 48849107873     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353125     Document Type: Article

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