Plasmoid formation for multiple onset substorms: Observations of the Japanese Lunar Mission "kaguya"

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-64

  Nagai, T ^a   Tsunakawa, H ^a   Shibuya, H ^b   Takahashi, F ^a   Shimizu, H ^c   Matsushima, M ^a   Nishino, M N ^d   Yokota, Y ^d   Asamura, K ^d   Tanaka, T ^d   Saito, Y ^d   Amm, O ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Storms and substorms); Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA;

EID: 58249123835     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-59-2009     Document Type: Article

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