Can magnetotail reconnection produce the auroral intensities observed in the conjugate ionosphere?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Ostgaard, N ^d   Snekvik, K ^d   Borg, A L ^c   Asnes A ^b   Pedersen, A ^f   Oieroset M ^e   Phan, T ^e   Haaland, S E ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 70349435369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014185     Document Type: Article

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