Balanced reconnection intervals: Four case studies

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3897-3912

  Dejong, A D ^a,c   Ridley, A J ^a   Clauer, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 57349134915     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3897-2008     Document Type: Article

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