Wind observations of asymmetric magnetic reconnection in the distant magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Øieroset, Marit ^a   Phan, Tai D ^a   Fujimoto, Masaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA LOBES; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA SHEATHS; ROTATION;

HIGH-SPEED TAILWARDS; INFLOW DENSITY; MAGNETOTAIL; ROTATIONAL DISCONTINUITY;

WIND EFFECTS; MAGNETOPLASMA;

MAGNETOTAIL;

CURRENT LAYERS; FLOW ACCELERATION; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOTAIL RECONNECTION; MAGNETOTAILS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLASMA SHEET; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 6344246241     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019958     Document Type: Article

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