Reverse convection potential: a statistical study of the general properties of lobe reconnection and saturation effects during northward IMF

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Sundberg, K A T ^a   Cumnock, J A ^a,b   Blomberg, L G ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 70349439089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013838     Document Type: Article

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