What determines the reconnection rate at the dayside magnetosphere?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Borovsky, Joseph E ^a   Hesse, Michael ^b   Birn, Joachim ^a   Kuznetsova, Maria M ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 68949099628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012645     Document Type: Article

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