Cluster observations of earthward propagating plasmoid and flux ropes in the near-tail during the course of a substorm event

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1337-1342

  Tang, C L ^a   Li, Z Y ^a   Lu, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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

Author keywords

Cluster observations; Flux rope; Magnetospheric substorm; Near tail regions; Plasmoid

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

CLUSTER OBSERVATIONS; FLUX ROPES; MAGNETOSPHERIC SUBSTORMS; NEAR-TAIL REGIONS; PLASMOID;

ROPE;

EID: 63649134644     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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