Longitudinal association between magnetotail reconnection and auroral breakup based on Geotail and Polar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Ieda, A ^a   Fairfield, D H ^b   Slavin, J A ^b   Liou, K ^c   Meng, C I ^c   Machida, S ^d   Miyashita, Y ^e   Mukai, T ^e   Saito, Y ^e   Nose M ^d   Shue, J H ^f   Parks, G K ^g   Fillingim, M O ^g  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 55849149824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013127     Document Type: Article

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