A substorm expansion model based on configuration instability of the near-earth magnetotail: I. Configuration instability in the near-earth magnetotail

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Pu, Zu Yin ^a   Hong, Ming Hua ^b   Wang, Xian Min ^c   Chen, Zu Xing ^a   Fu, Sui Yan ^a   Zhong, Qiu Gang ^d   Wang, Jing Fang ^b   Liu, Zhen Xing ^d   Korth, A ^e   Friedel, R ^e   Kremser, G ^e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPACE MEDICO ENGINEERING   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross tail current disruption; Magnetospheric substorm; Near Earth magnetotail drift mode instability; Substorm expansion phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 5744233544     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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