Evidence of high-latitude reconnecting during northward IMF: Hawkeye observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 583-586

  Kessel, R L ^a   Chen, S H ^a   Green, J L ^a   Fung, S F ^a   Boardsen, S A ^a,b   Tan, L C ^a,b   Eastman, T E ^c   Craven, J D ^d   Frank, L A ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FLOW DIRECTION; HAWKEYES; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE MAGNETOPAUSE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; NORTHWARD IMF; TANGENTIAL MOMENTUM;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 5844410035     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03083     Document Type: Article

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