A substorm expansion model based on configuration instability of the near-earth magnetotail: The relation between plasma flow in the midtail and substorm activity in the near-earth magnetotail

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-163

  Hong, Ming Hua ^a,e   Pu, Zu Yin ^b   Wang, Jing Fang ^a   Wang, Xian Min ^c   Liu, Zhen Xing ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPACE MEDICO ENGINEERING   (China)

^d CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Near Earth configuration instability; Plasma flow; Substorm expansion phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 6244306555     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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